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Letter to the Year 2024, by Dakuku Peterside

My dear 2024, In this digital age, letter writing may seem like a relic of the past, yet the weight of reflection compels me to pen this note. Your arrival, 2024, carried the hopes and dreams of many Nigerians, but as the months unfolded, you became a year defined by hardship, perseverance, and invaluable lessons. […]

Mishap in the Niger Delta, by Eric Teniola

In 2015, my friend, a retired federal Permanent Secretary, Dr. Goke Adegoroye, from Akure Oloyemekun in Ondo State wrote a book titled RESTORING GOOD GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA. The book is well researched and a guide to good governance in this country. Dr. Adegoroye was Director General of the Federal Environmental Protection Agency, FEPA, between 1996 and […]

Rethinking our beliefs about Crossover

In a matter of hours from now, Nigeria and other countries within the same time zone will be agog. There will be shouting euphorias and drinking sprees. The sky will be lit by fireworks, and the prevailing peace of the graveyard will be disrupted with the sounds of exploding firecrackers.  It is a ritual so […]

LASU don petitions FCCPC over alleged extortion by Ikeja Electric

An Associate Professor, Faculty of Communication and Media Studies of Lagos State University, LASU, Ojo, Prof. Tunde Akanni, has sent a petition, entitled “SOS on massive extortion of customers by Ikeja Electric Distribution Company, IKEDC” to Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, FCCPC. Akanni, who is seeking FCCPC intervention had accused IKEDC of using its […]

The “Golden Age” of Nigeria’s political history 

By OBIOTIKA TOOCHUKWU  Golden age denotes a period of primordial peace, harmony, stability and prosperity. As the year 2024 comes to an end, it should be reviewed and rehearsed, especially with the various trends, woes that coiled the year. 2024 is not the year people had peace and harmony. It’s not the year of abundance but […]

Tragedies foretold 

By NICK DAZANG Their timing – at the eve of Christmas – was most inauspicious and most painful. They went against the very grain and spirit of Christmas, to wit: hope, goodwill and peace. If this writer’s surmise is right, they went against the uplifting motivations of the organisers, who wanted, by their kind gestures of […]

US returnee claims misleading, says Customs

  The attention of the Nigeria Customs Service, Tincan Island Port Command, has been drawn to an online publication by a 70-year-old US returnee, Mr. Olukayode David-Albert, alleging frustration over the sum of ₦76 million purportedly demanded to clear his two vehicles and personal belongings.  Customs through its Public Relations Officer of Tincan Island Port Command […]

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