PERSPECTIVE – Governors Earnestly Ask For Tinubu
By Andy Ezeani It seems just like yesterday, although it was all of 28 years back. 1997. The air was delicately pregnant. The prospect of democracy being restored to Nigeria, which the military had…
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PERSPECTIVE – The curse of praise singing and the sickness of power
[caption id="attachment_25723" align="alignright" width="225"] Mr. Chukwudi Abiandu[/caption] By Chukwudi Abiandu Camara Laye once wrote that “flattery is the praise singer’s stock in trade.” Nothing better captures the tragedy of leadership in Nigeria today, a nation…
ADC warns Tinubu Govt: Stop using ‘fake coup’ to witch-hunt opponents
[caption id="attachment_33917" align="alignright" width="200"] Mr. Bolaji Abdullahi, ADC National Publicity Secretary.[/caption] The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has raised the alarm over what it calls the “political weaponisation” of a phantom coup plot, warning that…
Fresh push for better Julius Berger deal for Delta: Oborevwori heads to Germany
Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, is taking Delta’s infrastructure drive global — this time to Germany. The Governor will depart on Tuesday for a high-level working visit to Julius Berger’s headquarters in what…
PERSPECTIVE – Tinubu, the Military, and the silence of complicity
By Chukwudi Abiandu Across Nigeria’s northern and Middle Belt regions, a silent genocide is unfolding. Entire communities, many of them Christian, are being overrun by armed Fulani militants. Villages are burned, families wiped out, and…
PERSPECTIVE – Abiodun Aremu: What is at stake is the destiny of humanity
[caption id="attachment_23393" align="alignright" width="190"] Comrade Owei Lakemfa[/caption] By Owei Lakemfa The 1990s were the deadliest for change agents in Nigeria. We lost hundreds. In 1994, some political elites decided to join us. This led to…
PERSPECTIVE – When ₦18.6bn disappears: SERAP calls out Akpabio, Abbas over shady National Assembly project
Once again, the Nigerian public is being treated to another episode in the endless drama of “vanishing billions.” This time, the scandal is right under the National Assembly’s own nose — and the watchdogs have…
SERAP to Akpabio, Abbas: Account for missing ₦18.6bn in National Assembly project, or face legal fire
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has thrown a heavy punch at Nigeria’s legislative leadership, demanding that Senate President Godswill Akpabio and House Speaker Tajudeen Abbas publicly account for a staggering ₦18.6 billion allegedly…
PERSPECTIVE – 2027 poll: Onoh to Tinubu: Focus on voters, not Jonathan
[caption id="attachment_16357" align="alignright" width="225"] Mr. Ehichioya Ezomon.[/caption] By Ehichioya Ezomon As the ground shifts from under the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) – due to exodus of its governors to the ruling All…
PERSPECTIVE – Amupitan’s magical marriage to a buffalo
By Festus Adedayo While growing up, I went on hunting expeditions with elderly men. From there, I found out that the forest, as an ecosystem, is diametrically opposed to the human world. In the forest,…