By UDO IBUOT IT is probable that the export of crude oil exploited from Oil Well-1 at Oloibiri in Ogbia local government area in Bayelsa State and other onshore crude oil wells by Shell D’Arcy, later renamed Shell Petroleum Development Company Limited, SPDC, in 1958, benchmarked the environmental despoliation and pollution of the Niger Delta region. […]

Last month, April 26-27, 2024 to be exact, a training workshop aimed at teaching fact-checking skills to local journalists was held in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic

With almost 40% of Deltans between the ages of 15 and 39, their recognition of the democratic power they hold has undoubtedly increased.

By Danjuma Musa It was the  Icon  of African literature, Chinua Achebe – who rightly posited that, ” until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunters.”  This saying finds expression in the hitherto governance model of the man  Emmanuel Alanana  in the successes and achievements recorded […]

By Kemi Adeyemi In a shocking turn of events, Yahaya Bello, the former governor of Kogi State, who was once a powerful figure in the country’s political landscape, has found himself on the run, fleeing from the very system he once belonged. The White Lion of Kogi, as he is fondly called, has turned himself […]

By Dapo Ipoola Onomastics (or in older texts, onomatology) is the study of the etymology, history, and the use of proper names. To succinctly put, onomastics or onomatology is the study of names. In Greek terms, the name, Natasha, means resurrection. Etymologically, the true meaning of Natasha cannot be described with just a few words. […]

By Etim Etim I attended the second Annual General Meeting of Access Holding Plc last month mainly to discern the direction of its new leadership and pick up the strategic focus of the institution in the years ahead. The return of Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede to the Board as chairman in March has created quite a buzz in […]

By Dr. Deji Ayoola Beyond a seeming cosmetic spruce-up, the new Federal Ministry of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy, FMACCE, actually benefits from a fundamental vision tweak and structural reconceptualization from which the impactful achievements it has recorded within a year flow. A baby of the “Renewed Hope Agenda” and rigorous visioning by President Bola […]

By Levinus Nwabughiogu Convivial. That was the atmosphere in the chambers that morning, succinctly put. And they surged and thronged in their numbers in apparent sprawled excitement and lofty expectations. It was June 12, 2019 and they had just been inaugurated the previous day as the members of the 9th House. And so, banters, pleasantries, […]

By Prince Justice Faloye Afenifere is saddened that despite numerous complaints and objections, the Tinubu administration has refused to listen and review the 700 km Lagos-Calabar Coastal highway, but instead is rushing headlong into the project. The $13 billion Lagos project is not only environmentally and economically destructive, but irrationally replaces the 1400km $12 billion […]

As the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP congress approaches in Delta State, conventional political pundits might expect a waning of youth participation. However, recent news reports suggest otherwise, highlighting the rise of get-out-the-vote social media groups and youth-friendly campaign technologies. These measures point toward a potential democratic renewal in Delta State.

By Onochie Anibeze Our Premier football league was dead before Dr. Mike Adenuga Jr stepped on board with Globacom. Globacom’s sponsorship was total. There were innovations. Not long, it was being celebrated as one of the best in the continent. People say whatever he touches turns gold. Then Chief Adenuga moved to our Super Eagles. […]

By Hon. Femi Kehinde On the 6th of March 1979, Chief Jeremiah Oyeniyi Obafemi Awolowo attained a septuagenarian status of 70 years. The Military government of General Olusegun Obasanjo in 1978 lifted ban of party politics, and Obafemi Awolowo and his Committee of Friends had formed the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN), perhaps as an […]

By ABDULLAHI GAMBARI NO matter how well intentioned a policy may be and no matter how patriotic and proficient those saddled with implementing such a policy may be, an alliance of greed, corruption and sabotage will always bring it down to its knees and defeat the very purpose and essence of the policy at any […]

By Nafisat Bello In her 2018 TED Talk edition titled “The Danger of a Single Story,” Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie warned against one-sided narratives, incomplete stories and biased delivery of events and issues. She said such breeds ignorance and makes people misconstrue isolated events as the norm just as they misconstrue individual shortcomings as negative traits […]