There is indeed a big crisis in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. There is no denying that fact but the crisis has to be situated in the context of each and every part of the Niger Delta and in different and peculiar ways. The crisis does not affect all the part in the same way.

By Uchenna Aja-Ani I READ in a national newspaper the interview of Chief Victor Umeh, the Awka Chairman of APGA, regarding the above. I was shocked to learn from Umeh that the Etiabas who we all think to be a very lovely and close family are in fact according to Umeh, very bad people.  They […]

By Dominic Kidzu THIS is the story of South- Eastern State, the story of old Cross River State, too. But more importantly, it is the story of the new Cross River and Akwa Ibom states. Two states, one people, one destiny, bonded by geography, history, heritage and blood. And also united so deeply by parentage, […]

By Henry Ayanruoh AS I listened to news from different Nigeria television stations and read national newspapers of Nigerians expressing their concern about the Gbaramatu crisis amidst the mortar burst and whining bullets, it dawned on me that when pressed with the demands of inner truth men do not easily assume the task of opposing […]

By Patrick Naagbanton DONU KOGBARA, the veteran media writer and daughter of the late Chief Ignatus Vibel Kogbara, the prominent Ogoni elite, is a courageous woman. Courage can be displayed when one either is doing good or evil, but it’s always good to demonstrate courage for good, for the health of society. Reading Donu’s convulsion […]