Bini riva life festival: The river proves “Water No Get Enemy” as neighbours unite
His Majesty sat in quiet excitement watching the boat races unfold before him. Around him, residents and visitors had gathered not merely to observe a festival, but to step into a way of life rarely glimpsed beyond the creeks and winding waterways of the Niger Delta. It was, in every sense, a homecoming, not of people, but of a people to their own story.
Okuama: When Political Blame Ignores the Constitution, Fuels Blackmail
By Ufuoma Egbe The tragedy of Okuama has left deep wounds. Families have lost loved ones, a community has suffered devastation, and several Okuama leaders have remained in detention for an agonising period. Their plight deserves justice, compassion and sustained public attention. But precisely because the tragedy is so painful, it must not become an […]
Yari’s appointment as APC campaign DG wise decision, says political group
He said such experience in grassroots mobilisation, party administration and election management would be valuable to the APC as it prepares for the 2027 presidential contest.
Oil Facilities: Bayelsa family landowners battle for compensation over land
Carrying placards with inscriptions such as “No Compensation, No Work,” “Give Us Our Right,” and “Enough of Renaissance African Energy Company Limited Divide and Rule Game,” the protesters chanted for justice, accusing the company of occupying their land without paying what they described as adequate compensation to the customary owners.
Tompolo’s ‘manumission’ mission, the ironies and the joys of life
By ENEWARIDIDEKE EKANPOU The state of being swept into oblivion after a sacrificial engagement to free a people from developmental enslavement sounds retrogressive and meaningless. It sounds retrogressive and meaningless because it has no historical bequest to inspire and guide the next generations away from the path that once convulsed their entire existence like the deadly […]
Hello Tony and the decline of public etiquette
By Owolola Adebola There was a time when the way we greeted a person said something about who we were. A young man did not casually address an elder by his first name. A junior officer understood the difference between speaking to a colleague and speaking to a superior. A child knew that “Sir,” “Ma,” “Uncle,” […]
