Concerning DSO, there is fresh excitement, optimism and great expectation preceding the July launch, and I am happy to share in all the euphoria. After blowing over N60bn on a project that smaller African nations have since concluded but which remains in a convoluted suspense here, you won’t blame anybody for hoping once more. The word […]

“Constant in nothing but inconstancy”— Marcus Aurelius In an earlier installment of this essay, we established the urgency of Northern Nigeria’s predicament and the necessity for strategic engagement. The logical next step is to define the principles upon which such engagement must rest. For without a clear doctrine guiding its political choices, the region will repeat […]

By Dennis Agbo ENUGU — A former Leader of Enugu State House of Assembly, Dr. Ikechukwu Ezeugwu, has called on aspirants contesting the Igbo-Eze North/Udenu Federal Constituency seat under the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) to publicly disclose their credentials. Ezeugwu unveiled the “Display Your CV” challenge, saying the era of vague promises and unverified claims […]

By Efe Onodjae The Adimike family of Awka Etiti, Anambra State, has urged the public and media organisations to allow law enforcement authorities to conduct a thorough investigation into the recent murder of Godwin Adimike in Abuja. In a statement released on Wednesday and signed by the family, the Adimike family warned against the spread […]

As you read this, former president, Goodluck Jonathan (GCFR), may have swallowed the poisoned chalice of filing to run for president in 2027. As at yesterday, everything pointed in that direction. Indications were that he would run on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) faction led by Tanimu Turaki, his former Minister of Special […]