Delta at 30 and Okowa’s moment in history
Last month, precisely on August 27, Delta marked its 30th anniversary as a state. A ceremony for buntings and banners. A moment for confetti and colour-scape. Governor Ifeanyi Okowa bears…
Nigeria: Portrait of a nation in bloody tears
September 5, 2021 The nation sunk deeper into the abyss of despondency under Buhari. He has scored an all-season high in nepotism; an all-time low in economic management. And he,…
e-transmission of election results: Blame NASS, Not NCC
August 29, 2021 The Nigeria public service is a theatre of the serio-comic, of absurdities. Most of the institutions are never the fancy of the people. Two key institutions, the…
Marwa at NDLEA: Bad Market for Barons
August 4, 2021 With the same old staff, Marwa has demonstrated that leadership is the rotor of followership. A competent and devoted leadership is the trigger for competent and devoted…
Analysis: Electronic Transmission of Results: The Joke is on NASS, INEC, not NCC
July 28, 2021 Dragging the commission to testify before the House on the feasibility of electronic transmission of results is mischievous on the part of the lawmakers. It’s a joke…
Why I so enjoyed watching England lose the Euro final
English arrogance combined with colonial history and denial are feeding schadenfreude across the world. A devastating loss by the England team, following a campaign of overblown hype, has become a…
NIGERIA: A REVELATION OF NEW FOUNDATIONS, BY REV. ARIZE NWOBU
July 5, 2021 Evidently, Kanu’s arrest by Nigerian security operatives and the ‘’Interpol’’ is a manifestation of the emergence of the two strange and hydra-horned cows I saw in my…
North East is safe for business, Bauchi is proof
July 4, 2021 This is the context in which the Dallaji initiative which brought the high and mighty in world entertainment especially football to Bauchi is not only an act…
Buhari, NIRSAL and Agro-Nigeria: A Success Story
June 30, 2021 The Managing Director/CEO of NIRSAL, Aliyu Abdulhameed, has continued to insist that developing the nation’s agriculture value chain offers the most veritable pathway to achieving genuine socio-economic…
Akwa Ibom State University and student Iniobong Ekpo
June 27, 2021 The university is a place where the mind is allowed to wander in ceaseless adventure; a place of research, intense and extensive study; a concourse of humanity…