Okowa gives Stephen Keshi rest in Asaba
By Ken Ugbechie I saw it in its dour state, void of grandeur. And last week, I saw it in its new splendour, full of radiance. The Stephen Keshi Stadium in Asaba, Delta State now…
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Weep not for Fayose, weep for Nigeria
By Femi Fani-Kayode “When Fayose won in 2014, the whole of Ekiti erupted with joy. In 2018 the APC “won” and all the streets of Ekiti are looking so gloomy. The people are sad because…
Okowa : Celebrating The ‘Ekwueme’ At 59
By Charles Aniagwu Contemporary political observers watching the happenings in Delta State would rightly agree that hard work doesn’t kill; rather hard work in the right direction delivers enduring fruits. It yields life that history…
HE Plateau massacre and the circus of looking the other way
By Andy Jr Akporugo Yesterday I was driven by my humanity to wish that Argentina triumphed over the Super Eagles in nothing less than a maul. Although I knew that the fulfillment of that wish…
Rice: Panic border shut or right policies
By Soni Ehi ASUELIMEN The shutting of Nigeria's borders with neighbouring countries by the clueless Buhari administration shows that we are in deep trouble by economic ignoramuses that recycle 40 year old failed policies, yet…
Judicial inquiry for June 12 annullers
By Soni Ehi Asuelimen I suggest a Judicial Commission of Inquiry instituted to try those responsible for the criminal annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, adjudged the freest and fairest poll Nigeria ever…
Seymour Hersh: The life of a ‘Reporter’
Investigative journalist Seymour Hersh's desk is revealing, as he shows correspondent David Martin. CBS News For decades now, no reporter has been better at asking tough questions and getting candid answers than the legendary Seymour…
One Day in ‘June 12’
By Owei Lakemfa TOMMORROW, (June 12, 2018) the 25th Commemoration of the annulled June 12 Presidential Elections, is to be recognised as ‘Democracy Day’ in Nigeria. That quasi recognition of the injustice meted out to…
Customs Ali’s kasala choice for PMB
By Soni Ehi ASUELIMEN After waiting, with no denial, I believe the prophetic counsel of the head, Customs Department 'Prophet' Ali, to President Buhari is highly loaded with choices for the wise or the fool.…
Buhari’s water bill as an act of corruption
By Rotimi Fasan JUST what could President Muhammadu Buhari have been thinking about when he sent an executive-arm bill aimed at centralising the control of the surface and ground water resources of this country under…