Countdown to 2027: Edo North is for Oshiomhole
By Allison Abanum Adams Oshiomhole’s first term has been defined by a deliberate strategy of translating legislative power into tangible federal presence for Edo North. As Chairman of the Senate Committee on Interior, he has leveraged his position to facilitate federal employment for constituents and ensure fair representation in federal institutions. His legislative record includes […]
Right to Protest: A grammar standpoint
While it has been explained that a protest can be action-based, the level of action can swiftly move one to the realm of riot while still assuming one is protesting.
Questions for my Yoruba brothers
By BABAFEMI OJUDU “We must complain. Yes plain, blunt complaints, (peaceful) ceaseless agitation, unfailing exposure of dishonesty and wrong—this is the ancient, unerring way to liberty, and we must follow it.”- W.E.B. Du Bois “War is what happens when language fails.”- Margaret Atwood “Nothing in the world is harder than speaking the truth and nothing […]
Much ado about the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway
By EDAFE MARTIN THE flag-off of the much-touted super highway, the 700-kilometre, 10-lane Lagos-Calabar Coastal highway, by President Bola Tinubu on Sunday, May 26, in Victoria Island, Lagos was an historic occasion, considering that the project had been planned since Nigeria’s independence. The first phase of the project, consisting of 47.47 kilometres of dual carriageway, with […]
On the upcoming 10 days of rage
I am ANGRY. Angry that the way of life I worked so hard to build for myself has been destroyed by bad governance. Angry that my business is ruined. Angry that it seems I was deceived into believing that honesty is the best policy in Nigeria. Angry that everyday l see new policies that will further impoverish me. Angry that if I fall sick now, I am likely to die because of a common ailment.
This protest will not be different
By SUNNY IKHIOYA THE August 1 proposed protest by aggrieved Nigerians against the government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will not be different from past protests in Nigeria. It will come and go like these other protests we have witnessed. The poor masses will bear the brunt, and no lessons will be learned by our leaders […]
