By Emmanuel Aziken Given the bitter acrimony that shadowed their relationship in late 2014, many could have considered the well circulated birthday message on April 1, 2024 from Senator David Umahi to his erstwhile boss, Mr Martins Elechi as an April Fool message. Umahi, while hailing Elechi under whom he served as deputy governor, as a legendary […]

The social media had since the elections, and probably even before that, been a sad place. For as long as I can remember, negative and unpalatable stories about Nigeria spewed fortheveryday, like lava from a volcano, staining and corrupting whatever they came in contact with. But last month, something beautiful and refreshing happened and the […]

Uwevwirohwofabeno in Urhobo, means that it is very difficult to understand the inner workings of another person’s home.  In the last one year, some celebrity and high profile marriages have collapsed. What surprises me is when some outsiders express shock over the crash of these marriages. I am surprised because I wonder what these people […]

It happened exactly 24 years ago.  On 31 March 2000, the then Delta state Governor, His Excellency Chief James OnanefeIbori, unfurled his true colours. The Fourth Republic was all of 10 months old and here and there, its main actors were still settling down, learning the ropes. But Ibori was of a different stuff; he had convoked […]

The issue at stake here is that the President Bola Tinubu-led APC government is more anxious to pander to the dictates of the World Bank and IMF, rather than do what is needed to make life easier for Nigerians.