PERSPECTIVE – Protection fee that shored up the dollar
By Owei Lakemfa IT was like a mafia arrangement. A client pays and is sure of protection. In this case, it was between the United States, and the US, which prides itself as the freest,…
Category: Features
PERSPECTIVE – Tragedy indefinable: Murders in a derailed train
By Owei Lakemfa Musa-Lawal Ozigi was a bearded, ebullient but serious minded Nigerian patriot who exuded confidence in a better society and had a positive effect on his compatriots and those around him. He was…
PERSPECTIVE – Convention over, APC faces test of unity, continuity
By Ehichioya Ezomon Many polity watchers, and party members, even across the political divide, hold President Muhammadu Buhari as lacking the requisites for politicking, simply on account of his not perceptively involved in "fixing" party members…
PERSPECTIVE – Conversations with my European friends.
BY Owei Lakemfa I have been engaged in countless conversations with my European friends across continents, groups and social media about current world events and whether their leaders are right in pursuing a solitary military…
Tell Deltans what you have for them, MSD tells governorship, other aspirants
Now that the din over endorsement, non endorsement, and lack of endorsement claims and allegations have been stilled and over, the Movement for Stronger Delta, (MSD) is calling on governorship aspirants to come out…
PERSPECTIVE – It’s time to dissolve the Nigerian electorate
By Owei Lakemfa It was a symbolism. As the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, led by contented men and women in rich flowing robes, with siren blasting, gathered to disturb the peace of a troubled…
PERSPECTIVE – Edo PDP crisis requires flexibility, compromise to resolve
By Ehichioya Ezomon The political crisis in the Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) demands that Governor Godwin Obaseki, Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu and their supporters reflect deeply on why and how they…
PERSPECTIVE – Understanding Ibori’s remonstrations
By MSD The Movement for Stronger Delta, MSD, is quite surprised and a bit disappointed that since the uncharacteristic outburst of Chief James Ibori, on March 20, 2022 when Chief Ighoyota Amori flagged off his…
FOR THE RECORD – Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo’s inaugural address
Inaugural Address as Governor of Anambra State Government House, Agu-Awka, Awka Anambra State: 17th March, 2022 Charles Chukwuma Soludo, CFR GOVERNOR, ANAMBRA STATE. PROTOCOL Umunne m Ndi Anambra, I applied for this job; my…
PERSPECTIVE – Civic engagement: The Osun example
By Abiodun Komolafe Not long ago, Osun State Government launched a feedback platform to further bridge the gap between policy implementation and the experiential realities of the residents of the state. The website, www.civicengagement.os.gov.ng,…