The Gbenga Hashim advantage: A new national economic mobilisation
By ODIAKA OLIKA Watching the recent exchange between the presidents of the NLC and TUC, one is struck by a disturbing irony. While organised labour debates the welfare and representation of Nigerian workers, millions of Nigerians continue to struggle with the cost of getting to work, school, markets and other essential destinations. The Federal Government’s […]
Allegations of sidelining and marginalizing Igbos in Comptroller General of Customs tenure Extension: Setting record straight
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had on July 30, 2025 extended by one year, the tenure of the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service, Adewale Bashiru Adeniyi
Wanted: A ‘one-face’ government
By SUNNY IKHIOYA Everyone, it appears, is acknowledging an economic turnaround in the country, especially with the assumed influence of government’s tough economic policies. So, it is expected that government and its media machinery will be coming out clean with the true situation of things, henceforth. Someone once talked about a ‘two-face’ government; that is what […]
Tinubu and the new dawn in Ogoni
By PRINCE AUSTIN KABARI On November 10, 1995, Nigeria etched one of the darkest chapters in its history when Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other Ogoni leaders, now remembered as the “Ogoni Nine”, were executed after a sham trial. Their only crime was the audacity to demand justice, dignity, and protection for their land against decades of […]
Enugu Smart School debate and Mbah’s relentless vision
By DAN NWOMEH I have taken time to peruse the avalanche of comments that have trailed the Enugu Government and Sujimoto saga. They range from those who genuinely mean well, to those who think they have finally found the soft underbelly of Governor Peter Mbah’s administration to viciously attack, sometimes for unrelated grudges, to the habitual […]
As hurricane Odey sweeps across North, leaving trails of sweetness
By Linus Obogo From Obanliku, crisscrossing Obudu, Bekwarra, Yala with Ogoja as the melting pot, the Northern Senatorial District of Cross River State was aglow with renewed fervor as the Deputy Governor, Dr Peter Odey, undertook a five-local government areas tour that was more than an official outing. It was a pilgrimage of culture, unity, […]
