Nigeria @66: The Otu Record — Beyond the Rhetoric
By Joseph Odok As Nigeria marks 66 years of independence, the anniversary offers more than an occasion for patriotic speeches. It is also an opportunity to ask a practical question at the sub-national level: what has government actually done with the resources and opportunities available to it?In Cross River State, Governor Bassey Edet Otu’s administration […]
Time for far-reaching reforms in the United Nations
For two weeks in the summer of 1945, from July 17 to August 2, President Truman, Churchill and Stalin met at Yalta, Crimea, Ukraine.
Public infrastructure, right of way acquisition in Nigeria: Issues, challenges
The delivery of essential services such as water, electricity, waste disposal, and road development has a direct and profound impact on communities, improving public welfare and enhancing the overall quality of life
Janus faces in Nigerian politics
By Dr. Michael Tidi Rome, the historical cradle of republican democracy, bequeathed to the modern world not only the architecture of constitutional governance but also the metaphor of Janus—the two-faced god who looked simultaneously to the past and the future. While Janus symbolised transition and paradox, his spirit seems to have found curious expression in […]
The purveyors of confusion in Nigeria
By ENEWARIDIDEKE EKANPOU Something strange has suddenly struck the land. Upon the land is a verbally instigated cloudburst.The land has actually been gripped by disturbing clangours from the sudden cloudburst. The disturbing clangours originate from a deadly realignment of forces ideologically linked by a common resolve to devour institutions and personalities using narratives riddled with lies. […]
PR is new power behind AI-driven search
The rise of generative search is rewriting the rules of visibility. Public relations must adapt
