Tinubu’s misery ‘relief’ plans: A blatant electioneering ploy, by Olu Fasan
Economic reforms are universally measured by their impacts on the living standards of ordinary citizens, but President Bola Tinubu judges his reforms by macro-economic statistics that have absolutely no bearing on the wellbeing of ordinary Nigerians. More than three years after their introduction, Tinubu’s economic reforms have had devastating social consequences, deepening poverty, hunger and […]
DELTA STATE: What is good is good and what is bad is bad, by Francis Ewherido
I cherish good news. I look forward to good and heartwarming news. It in this regard that I was jubilating earlier in the week when I read two major good news items from my state, Delta. One, the approval of Otovwodo flyover on the East-West Road in Ughelli North Local Government Area, by the Delta State […]
ESUA: Trenchantly focused, by Emeka Obasi
There are books and there are books. In this age of Fast Cash, many Nigerians do not read especially when all they need to drive big cars and drink exotic wine is paint all sorts of obnoxious deals with the Yahoo brush. There is trouble waiting for everyone. I am glad Offiong Esua took pains to put […]
Peter Obi’s dangerous game, by Azu Ishiekwene
Peter Obi has the best chance against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027 of all opposition candidates. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, may have received a slightly higher percentage of the votes (6.9 million or 29.1 percent) in the last presidential election; still, that was poor for Atiku, a sixth-timer in the […]
Haunting images in a world of criminalities, by Owei Lakemfa
Dogs, no matter how we view them, are animals. To force human beings to eat like dogs, and under conditions worse than how a dog feeds, is intolerable. But that is what is going on in “God’s own country” the United States, US. It has been plucking alleged illegal immigrants, or those with supposed criminal records, […]
Rivers State update, by Donu Kogbara
Thanks to various recent dramatic developments on the national stage – ex-President Buhari’s death, high-profile politicians defecting from Labour/APC/PDP, febrile coalition talk, etc – my poor, oppressed home state, Rivers, has almost been forgotten. We continue to be controlled by retired Vice Admiral Ibok Ete Ibas, an unelected, non-indigenous onetime Chief Of Naval Staff turned military administrator […]
