Opinion & Columns

By Ehichioya Ezomon  It’s obvious on October 23, 2023, that the Supreme Court judgment on appeals from the Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC) would be a formality. The barely 120 seconds it took the court to dismiss the 50-ground appeal by former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi and the Labour Party (LP) starkly …

By Ehichioya Ezomon  It’s good to see Senate President Godswill Akpabio putting ice on the “plenary spat” between him and Senate Chief Whip Ali Ndume on October 17, 2023. The disruption the rowdiness could’ve caused was timely averted with the Senate going into an executive (a closed-door) session. Akpabio – …

By Ehichioya Ezomon  When someone does a good job, they deserve our praise, and our honour. Today, that praise, that honour goes to the Minister of Interior, Mr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, for a promise made and a promise kept. He’d pledged on September 7, 2023, that the backlog of applications for …

By Young Erhiurhoro The above topic is quite expedient as it’s woven round two important divine and traditional tools of “pulpit and palace.” A pulpit in this usage is a description of the church and the clergy, while the palace is a description of a royal throne and the king. …

By Ehichioya Ezomon  President Bola Tinubu – acclaimed cat (or bat) with nine lives – seems to face the last test of his staying political power, as former Vice President Atiku Abubakar moves to quash the judgment of the Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC), which’s affirmed him (Tinubu) as winner …

By Ehichioya Ezomon  “He who is begged or pleaded with is king,” is an adage that the average Edo person doesn’t take for granted, mostly if the act for which forgiveness is sought is committed publicly – such that the aggrieved feels slighted and injured – and the mollification is …

By Ehichioya Ezomon  The faceoff between Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki and Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu recalls to mind a popular meme – “If Men Were God” – adopted by a transport company plying many routes across Nigeria.  The phrase was left hanging without supplying what would happen were men to be …

By Ehichioya Ezomon  In weeks, the Supreme Court may be called upon to decide whether to admit new evidence on appeals from the Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC) that ruled on petitions from the February 25 election. The five-member tribunal dismissed the petitions by opposition candidates and their parties, seeking …

By Ehichioya Ezomon  In my May 15, 2023, article in New Telegraph on, ‘Election Petitions: Need for litigants and judges to avoid technicalities,’ I referenced an opinion piece by lawyer and rights activist, Olu Adegboruwa (SAN) on, ‘The evils of technical justice.’  Adegboruwa’s article of February 2, 2021 (SaharaReporters) stemmed …

By Young Erhiurhoro In this digital and computer age, there are so many cultural changes affecting many communities in Africa nay the Urhobo ethnic nation either for good or bad. No doubt, many of our cultural values, beliefs and traditions are gradually fizzling away from many Urhobo and Isoko communities …