If King Jaja of Opobo were alive today, where would he stand amid Nigeria’s diplomatic pressure, economic uncertainty and deepening social tension—and what would he do? Would he negotiate, confront, build, or turn adversity into leverage? History is most useful when it refuses to remain in the past. More than a century after Jaja’s rise,…
The Niger Delta’s enormous natural endowment should have made it a prosperous region. Instead, poverty, unemployment, environmental degradation and deficient public services remain widespread. This contradiction gives Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s intervention at the Niger Delta Economic and Investment Summit in Port Harcourt an urgency that must not be lost after the glamour of the ceremonies. …
….As landlords smile to the bank By Emma Una CALABAR—IF Shylock the Jewish merchant was a mere fictional character in William Shakespeare’s ,The Merchant of Venice, such a figure has metamorphosed into a real life personality in the average Calabar landlord. The Calabar landlord smiles yet looks indifferent and asks for more while his tenant…
The White House insists President Donald Trump acted within his power when he removed CNN, MS NOW, and Politico “after years of false reporting.” The presidency, in a statement on Monday, said the First Amendment protects their right to publish but does not entitle them to a hard pass, briefing room seat, or place in…
Atletico Madrid defender, Cuti Romero, has said Argentina captain Lionel Messi deserves to win the 2026 Ballon d’Or. Romero, speaking with ESPN, also claimed that his compatriot should win the award until he retires from football. “The Ballon d’Or should be given to Leo Messi. Until he retires, that’s clear. “There is no one like…
Campaigns matter because they are supposed to give voters an opportunity to hear what candidates intend to do, question them, compare their proposals with their records, and decide what matters to them. The danger is that campaigns can also become dominated by slogans, personality politics, endorsements, social-media battles and promises that are difficult to verify….
Alhaji Aliko Dangote said he wants millions of Nigerians to share in the wealth which will be generated by the Dangote Refinery by buying at least ten shares priced at N525 each. That amounts to N5250 for each minimum investor. The impression was given that wealth sharing is guaranteed once the investment is made. Even…
By Gogi Serikoromo Purely in a historically anticipatory celebration of scholarship, friendship, Tompology, and Dr. Enewaridideke Ekanpou’s books, Tompolo’s Haulers and Hailers and The Wanted Man in Camp Four, the exceptionally gifted Ijaw highlife musician JKing Dr. Izonebi Alfred has once again emerged in public discourse. This emergence in public discourse is foregrounded by the…
The tragic death of 37 artisanal miners under the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, more popularly known as Civil Defence, in Minna last week reveals, yet again, the kind of structural violence against ordinary Nigerians perpetrated by the state itself. The circumstances of the mass arrest and detention in unsafe and…
By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY — The Chairman of Etsako East Local Government Area and Chairman of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Edo State, Hon. Sunny Ekpeson, has redeemed his N20 million pledge to the family of late Lance Corporal Fahad Sani of the 195 Battalion, Nigerian Army, Agenebode. Sani died on…
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