By Ike Uchechukwu CALABAR — For residents of the riverside settlement of Efut Efio Ene, the sky is no longer a sight of hope, but a countdown to possible death. Every dark cloud brings fresh dread and every heavy downpour, they say, could sweep away more lives. Years of unchecked flooding have turned homes into ruins, […]

By Emma Una Arriving Calabar, the Cross River State capital, once meant entering a green cathedral. Now, it means dodging a death sentence. The ornamental trees lining Calabar’s roads were its proudest signature, a living archway of imported giants first introduced by Mr. Clement Ebri in the 1990s and expanded by Mr. Donald Duke in 1999. […]

By Samuel Oyadongha AYAKORO — In the quiet water-fringed settlement of Ayakoro in Ogbia Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, where the Niger-Delta’s mangroves meet memory, they have a saying: a true leader is not announced, but recalled. The community recalled one of its own  Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, the high-flying Managing Director of the Niger-Delta Development Commission (NDDC), […]

The elders said they were speaking out because they believed the APC was heading towards electoral defeat if the current arrangement was allowed to stand.

Pelumi Olajengbesi, the spokesman for Governor Ademola Adeleke’s re-election campaign council, has said that attempts by the All Progressives Congress in Osun State to distract the governor from seeking re-election in the August 15, 2026, poll have failed. In a statement on Tuesday, Olajengbesi said Adeleke, the Accord Party candidate, remains focused and undeterred by […]

The recent sentencing of four members of the Al-Shabaab terrorist group to death by hanging for their roles in the June 5, 2022 attack on St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State, represents a defining moment in Nigeria’s protracted battle against terrorism. Four years after 43 worshippers were murdered and countless others maimed during […]

Okonkwo observed with delight that council chairmen in Akwa Ibom State have delivered tangible strides in good governance through the prudent utilisation of local government funds, aligning with the state’s ARISE Agenda.

By Prince Steve AKANDE There are festivals, and there are institutions of history. The INYAMA Festival of Igarra, in Akoko-Edo local government area of Edo state, belongs firmly to the latter category. The sacred festival of rain belongs to the Anonyete clan, they speak to heaven and heaven listens to them. Ancient as memory and […]

This  week, we continue the narrative on boycott of elections in Nigeria Chief Ojike did not introduce the slogans for people to boycott elections. Chief Ojike was born in 1912 in Akeme in Arochukwu, Southeastern Nigeria. He attended the Arochukwu Primary School, finishing in 1926 and taking up a teaching appointment with a mission. He returned […]

Advises INEC to Ignore the Court’s Order The New Direction for Nigeria Movement (NEDMO) strongly condemns the recent court order directing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister five political parties. This judicial directive is a dangerous assault on multi-party democracy. It is capable of truncating Nigeria’s hard-earned democracy and national stability. NEDMO in […]