Is Rivers State Wike’s Cattle Ranch? By Ugoji Egbujo
Wike is boastful. The temptation is to take his claims with a pinch of salt. But unlike other loud and garrulous politicians, friends and foes alike say it is perilous to ignore Wike’s rants, even when he sounds inebriated. Who would have believed he was bred by a pastor? He is brash and ferocious. And […]
Osun The Beautiful: The musical opera of our future politics, by Owei Lakemfa
There were the beautiful political party dresses, worn with pride as their wearers danced in the streets displaying fantastic dance steps. I wondered where these textiles were made. In Nigeria? If so, ‘kundus’ (kudos) to the procurers. What I do not wonder about is who paid. Doubtlessly, not the mass of those clad in them; hungry […]
FG and Umahi’s roads to hell, by Dele Sobowale
Vanguard recently published pathetic pictures of the Benin-Sapele-Warri Expressway; and Punch revealed to us what happens to the Lagos-Calabar Expressway, not even 15 per cent completed, each time there is a heavy downpour in the Lekki peninsula. The road becomes so flooded, it becomes barely usable. Morning shows the day. If Tinubu-Umahi’s legacy road already […]
Inside Gusau’s ‘rotten’ NFF, by Patrick Omorodion
There is no story trending in Nigeria’s sports circle today that interests Nigerian football fans as the call on the leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF to either resign or not to bother to seek to return in the next election. Mainstream and social media platforms are buzzing with stories on what has happened […]
The 2026 Delta Economic and Investment Summit, by Dele Sobowale
“History does not repeat itself; man does” – Professor Barbara Tuchmann, Harvard University Historian. ‘Beyond Oil: Delta maps new course at investment summit’ – VANGUARD, August 7, 2026. In the past, the announcement of a state Economic Summit would have induced me to pack my traveling bags, and go there, whether invited or not. As an […]
From tears to laughter, by Funmi Komolafe
Beloved, gradually we are moving to the end of the month of a new beginning but it does not mean that the manifestation of new things would cease. As Christians, we are aware that the mercy of God never ceases. Lamentations 3 vs.23 ( KJV) “They (mercies) are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness”, Whatever […]
