Opinion & Columns

By Ehichioya Ezomon It’s too early to assume that Peter Obi of the Labour Party has hashed out a “working agreement” with a “faction” of the Peoples Democratic Party, but things are looking up for the former Anambra State governor going into 2023. Were such an agreement to materialise, it’d …

By Ehichioya Ezomon The October 21, 2022 judgment of the Supreme Court, affirming Sheriff Oborevwori as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Delta State, surely calls for celebration and thanksgiving by the party faithful. PDP’s vice presidential candidate and Delta State governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, backs Oborevweri – …

By Young Erhiurhoro Without doubt, as I have observed and experienced in recent years as a community leader, community leadership is more tedious and cumbersome than leadership in government circles and other corporate organizations. This is because community leadership is directly administered to the community people and it’s typically grassroots …

By Ehichioya Ezomon Against the grain of widespread pleadings and expectation of concerned Nigerians, the Federal Government filed seven grounds of appeal to quash the October 13, 2022, Appeal Court judgment ordering the release of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Surely, the filing at the …

By Allison Abanum A red ball is unmistakable amongst a stack of white balls. Such theory is universally accepted because of its validity. It’s inherent characteristics a major tool for distinction. From one generation to the other, humanity is graced with the presence of personalities worthy of citing analogies parallel …

By Ehichioya Ezomon Undoubtedly, many Nigerians are angry and unhappy over the return – alive, and looking refreshed – of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to Nigeria after a 12-day sojourn abroad. Some had prayed, fasted and gone to the mountain, and hired clerics of both Christian and Muslim faiths and …

By Young Erhiurhoro Nigeria’s political journey since 1999 when the current democratic experiment began has been heavily tortuous on the citizenry and electorates, while being very robust and rosy for elected and appointed government officials in the legislature, executive and the judiciary. In summary, government officials feed fat, while the …

By Tunde Uchegbuo Crude oil was discovered in Obelle in 1963. The community has three functional oil wells out of six and a flow station that contributes to the global visibility of Rivers State as oil producing area. It is also a rich agrarian community. Obelle is plagued by poverty …

By Young Erhiurhoro At the moment, the 2023 political drama of the Nigerian democracy is set to play out with full force. At the scene of the political events, we have three major characters and other minor characters that are fully ready to showcase their political prowess to Nigerians and …

By Young Erhiurhoro It always baffles me whenever I critically look at the present system of government in Nigeria in retrospect to our ugly past during the dark days of the military regime in the country. As a political analyst, if you habitually compare this present government known as democracy …