Category: Features
PERSPECTIVE – The fault is not in our anthem, but poor leadership!
By Tony Eke In the past one year of the 10th Senate, no other bill was swiftly passed like the one that reverted Nigeria to the old National Anthem after presidential assent. Without inputs from…
PERSPECTIVE – Charting the future from the past
By Pius Mordi Nobody has really explained to Nigerians why 'Arise oh compatriots' was jettisoned as the national anthem in favour of 'Nigeria we hail thee'. Not President Tinubu himself or the National Assembly which…
PERSPECTIVE – Between Gov Oborevwori, demonic opposition and compulsive criticism
[caption id="attachment_27286" align="alignnone" width="300"] Mr. Fred Edoreh.[/caption] By Fred Edoreh In the understanding that oppositions always have a right to try to cast down a ruling government in order to gain political capital, I usually…
PERSPECTIVE – Between patriotism and the allure for perfidious pertinence
[caption id="attachment_27353" align="alignnone" width="275"] Dr. Ifeanyi Osuoza, Delta State Information Commissioner.[/caption] By Ifeanyi Michael Osuoza Our attention was recently drawn to the advertorial in the Vanguard Newspaper of Monday, June 3, 2024, posted by a…
PERSPECTIVE – Nigeria is not working: One year of Tinubu is a cocktail of trial-and-error economic policies
[caption id="attachment_21941" align="alignleft" width="300"] Atiku Abubakar.[/caption] By Atiku Abubakar. On May 29, 2023, President Bola Tinubu raised the hopes of Nigerians with his pledge to “remodel our economy to bring about growth and development through…
PERSPECTIVE – Democracy: 25 years on
By Tony Eke This year's anniversary of Democracy Day is unique, historic, and its essence is not lost on the discerning category of our compatriots. Despite differences in opinions, worldviews, and persuasions across the country,…
PERSPECTIVE – Good Governance is not rocket science: The Alex Otti example
[caption id="attachment_27438" align="alignnone" width="225"] Chioma Julia Green-Amakwe[/caption] By Chioma Julia Green-Amakwe Anyone who has followed Dr Alex Otti since he assumed office in May last year would agree that the governor has blazed a…
PERSPECTIVE – As Oborevwori ‘resurrects’ SERVICOM in Delta
By Pius Mordi When late Gen. Murtala Mohammed was done with his indiscriminate and sweeping purge of the civil service carried out after overthrowing the regime of Gen. Yakubu Gowon, the service lost its air…
PERSPECTIVE – Rethinking Nigeria amongst Wakirike kinsmen and Tinubu’s unforced errors
[caption id="attachment_23393" align="alignright" width="190"] Comrade Owei Lakemfa.[/caption] By Owei Lakemfa In two days, May 29, it would be a quarter of a century since we began our third journey on the democratic path. Some insist, this…