Governor Oborevwori and the triangular tide
By: Enewaridideke Ekanpou A tide is a tide anywhere but a tide assumes connotative colours when it becomes triangular in built 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 viewed […]
Okuama: When Political Blame Ignores the Constitution, Fuels Blackmail
By Ufuoma Egbe The tragedy of Okuama has left deep wounds. Families have lost loved ones, a community has suffered devastation, and several Okuama leaders have remained in detention for an agonising period. Their plight deserves justice, compassion and sustained public attention. But precisely because the tragedy is so painful, it must not become an […]
Tompolo’s ‘manumission’ mission, the ironies and the joys of life
By ENEWARIDIDEKE EKANPOU The state of being swept into oblivion after a sacrificial engagement to free a people from developmental enslavement sounds retrogressive and meaningless. It sounds retrogressive and meaningless because it has no historical bequest to inspire and guide the next generations away from the path that once convulsed their entire existence like the deadly […]
Hello Tony and the decline of public etiquette
By Owolola Adebola There was a time when the way we greeted a person said something about who we were. A young man did not casually address an elder by his first name. A junior officer understood the difference between speaking to a colleague and speaking to a superior. A child knew that “Sir,” “Ma,” “Uncle,” […]
Nigeria can’t solve its food crisis with old banking models
By Kudzai Gumunyu Nigeria’s food crisis is often described as an agricultural challenge. Increasingly, it is something else: a test of whether the country can reinvent the financial systems that underpin food production. The urgency is hard to ignore. Even as headline inflation eased to 15.9% in June, food inflation accelerated month on month, driven […]
Ojulari: A blessing in service to fatherland
What was needed was leadership capable of turning reforms into practical action. Ojulari, with decades of experience in the petroleum industry, brought to the position the professional background and industry knowledge required for that task.
