Opinion & Columns

By Ehichioya Ezomon Whether they expected it or not, members of an amorphous coalition of opposition politicians, with the declared aim of removing the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and President Bola Tinubu from power in the 2027 General Election, met the first disappointment in their chosen path on Thursday, …

By Ehichioya Ezomon  As the three-man Election Petitions Tribunal (EPT) reserved judgment in the petitions against the declaration of Senator Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner of the September 21, 2024, governorship election in Edo State, we’re reminded, as per Muhammad JSC, in Olonade vs Sowemimo (2014) …

A Call for Unity, Reconciliation, and Leadership (We Stoop to Conquer) Your Excellency, I write to you with a deep sense of duty and concern for the peace, stability, and progress of Rivers State. Your Excellency, you have fought a historic political battle, and with the Supreme Court’s ruling and …

By Josiah Egbilika This is my one coin vexation. I guess it may not count for anything but let it be that as a citizen of this great State, I have made my point. It could be taken, disregarded yet my voice remains silent no more. This recent buildings for …

By Ehichioya Ezomon Former British statesman, Labour Party politician and twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1964 to 1970 and 1974 to 1976) James Harold Wilson (1916-1995), stated that: “A week is a long time in politics,” which, in today’s world of social media, is being updated to, “A day …

By Bethel Toby Sir Siminalayi Joseph Fubara is a household in the politics of Rivers State as well as the seven local government areas of Rivers South-East Senatorial District of Khana, Gokana, Tai, Eleme, Andoni, Opobo/Nkoro and Oyigbo, that he was mandated to take charge of, in the 2023 governorship …

By Hamzat Lawal Mallam Nuhu Ribadu became a household name in Nigeria during the administration of former president Olusegun Obasanjo. He was a prominent face in the small team of reformers put together by Obasanjo to set Nigeria on the path of democratic progress and economic prosperity in the dawning …

By Ehichioya Ezomon Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, elder statesman, former Federal Commissioner, Leader of the Ijaw Nation, and Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), died on Monday, February 17, 2025, aged 97. Since his passing, the family home in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has become a melting port for “our …

… Nigerian Author Sparks Global Debate, Reveals ‘Historical Whitewashing of Jesus‘ In a world where religious imagery has shaped global perceptions of faith, Nigerian author T.C. Wanyanwu has ignited a powerful conversation with his book, Jesus Is a Black Man: An Inconvenient Truth. The thought-provoking title alone has stirred intense …

By Ehichioya Ezomon  In a week’s time, on Monday, March 3, 2025, the three-man Election Petitions Tribunal (EPT) looking into alleged malpractice at the September 21, 2024, governorship election in Edo State, will preside over the adoption of written addresses by Petitioners and Respondents to the dispute. At the close of …