Police brutality: He-of-the-springy-steps
By CHETA NWANZE Two events I came across yesterday captured the state of Nigeria’s police-public relations with unsettling clarity. In Port Harcourt, angry youths blocked Agip Road to protest the killing of Anthony Obodo, a 22-year-old University of Port Harcourt graduate murdered by a police officer. The youths’ anger is not hard to understand. The […]
Infrastructure: Why indigenous engineering matters more than ever
By Dayo Oyinlola When the First Niger Bridge was completed in the mid-1960s, it quietly marked a turning point in Nigeria’s infrastructure story. For the first time, a bridge of such magnitude, linking Asaba and Onitsha across the River Niger, demonstrated that local capability could deliver projects with generational impact. This milestone is emblematic of […]
Why every Nigerian home needs a signature scent
Have you ever walked into a space and instantly felt at ease, simply because of the way it smelled? That’s the power of a signature scent
Self-plagiarism: The trickiest of them all
Self-plagiarism could be the toughest form of plagiarism to overcome and it manifests in different ways – fraudulent, frivolous and fixated
We need our Warri back
By SUNNY IKHIOYA My intention this week is to write about the tensions arising from the new tax laws and our penchant for taking things for granted until it hits us directly, albeit negatively. I have heard the grumbling from people in the aviation sector, the oil sector represented by NUPENG and sister unions, the communications […]
Service for the common good
“True service for the common good is not measured by recognition, but by the lasting impact it leaves on lives beyond our own.” By Kennedy Kanma As a person, I have always been fascinated by the fact that service for the common good is not only timeless but also profoundly timely. Every day, from our […]
