Tonnie Iredia History tells us that in most heterogeneous societies, multiple centrifugal forces make it easy for the fragile fabric that binds society together to give way at the slightest provocation. To avoid the dismemberment of such societies therefore the remedy is to always pursue policies that can unite the different groups that make-up any […]

Nigerians who had feared that the Edo State governorship election slated for September 19, 2020, would be violent may have since concluded that nothing would be done to avert the expected disaster.

When some two days after the railway story, I ran into a report in an obscure corner of a local newspaper, which stated that Dr (Mrs.) Margaret Idahosa had clocked 77 years

By Tonnie Iredia Many Nigerian political office-holders who cannot for one minute, withstand criticisms, hide under the social responsibility principle of the media to dissuade journalists from focusing on negative issues in society. They say such posture often distorts societal progress. However, they consciously forget that Section 22 of the Nigerian Constitution empowers the media […]

By Tonnie Iredia The word ‘disrespect’ aptly represents how best to describe events that have in the last few weeks, happened to Nigeria’s federal legislature, the National Assembly (NASS). However, the recent hike in disrespect for the Assembly is not due to the nature of the happenings because none of them is new, rather it […]