By Jackson Rivers For decades, the people of Ugborodo, a coastal host community in Warri Kingdom, have lived side by side with one of Nigeria’s most strategic oil and gas operations. Their land hosts critical offshore and onshore facilities supporting Chevron Nigeria Limited’s (CNL) operations at Escravos. Yet, in the midst of this enormous contribution […]

By MOHAMMED DAHIRU Recently, a global spike in the narrative surrounding Nigeria’s complex security situation took a dangerous label that aroused outrage, concern, and curiosity on the one hand and downplayed the plight of other victims of insecurity on the other. This created a situation that enabled a dangerously divisive rhetoric that further polarised the country’s […]

When the wealthiest African in the world publicly turns his fire on a Nigerian civil servant and head of a regulating agency, it is never just a personal dispute

By SUNNY IKHIOYA   Growing up in Warri city in those days, one often heard this street parlance: “mugu no go fit be millionaire”, which means, if you are not intelligent, you cannot be a wealthy man. But this is just a small part of it.     In various business and leadership classes, it has been established […]

By Nelson Egware In societies fractured by history, land disputes and lingering mistrust, peace is rarely restored by proclamations alone. It often grows quietly, nurtured through shared experiences that remind people of their common identity. In Delta State’s Isoko Nation, one such experience has emerged through an unlikely but powerful platform: football. The 2025 final […]