Nigeria @66: The Otu Record — Beyond the Rhetoric
By Joseph Odok As Nigeria marks 66 years of independence, the anniversary offers more than an occasion for patriotic speeches. It is also an opportunity to ask a practical question at the sub-national level: what has government actually done with the resources and opportunities available to it?In Cross River State, Governor Bassey Edet Otu’s administration […]
NCDMB under Felix Ogbe: The Board’s contribution to Tinubu’s economic agenda
By Emmanuel Okotie-Eboh Since President Bola Ahmed Tinubu appointed Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe as Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on December 7, 2023, the Board has increasingly positioned Nigerian Content as an important instrument for advancing the Federal Government’s economic reform agenda. Ogbe’s appointment came at a period when […]
When the rejoinder becomes the story, who is telling Ekiti’s tourism story
By Ganiyu Olowu There is a moment in every public disagreement when explanation stops clarifying the issue and begins to become the issue itself. That moment may have arrived in the responses and counter responses of the Director General of the Ekiti State Bureau of Tourism, Mr. Wale Ojo-Lanre on his venom against Glocient Hospitality […]
Nigeria is fighting 21st-Century crime with yesterday’s tools
By Dr Daniel Awomukwu Nigeria is confronting crimes that are becoming increasingly sophisticated, organised and difficult to investigate. Kidnapping, terrorism, ritual killings, sexual violence, financial fraud and other forms of serious crime continue to challenge the country’s security and justice institutions. Yet beneath these challenges lies a less visible problem: Nigeria has not developed a […]
Investigating and understanding Oborevwori’s triangular tide
By Enewaridideke Ekanpou A tide is a tide anywhere, but a tide assumes connotative colours when it becomes triangular in build and action. Like a cumulonimbus cloud endowed with both positive and negative potentials, there must be something hidden behind a triangular tide. There must be something equally iconographic about a triangular tide too when […]
From Kuru to Athens: When rejection produced a global PR Grand Prix
In 2016, after our counter-insurgency communication campaign through the Forum of Spokespersons of Security and Response Agencies (FOSSRA)—a project of the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) executed with PRNigeria and Image Merchants Promotion Limited (IMPR)—we submitted our first serious entries for international professional awards.
