Opinion & Columns

By Kola Oredipe “Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done.” This quote from an American science-fiction writer, Robert A. Heinlein aptly describes the recent development in Bayelsa State. In Bayelsa State, a peaceful election had looked impossible for many years.  But in just three years of sustained campaign for …

By Ifeanyi Osuoza An interesting slogan associated with the people of Ndokwa nation in Nigeria, is the short catchy phrase that says: “Ife manma ka kugide, ife manma ka kugide.” It can be translated to mean “it’s pleasant to acknowledge something good.” It is against this background and borrowing from …

By Ehichioya Ezomon  There’s a saying: “If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.” This appears to summarise section 299 of Nigeria’s amended 1999 Constitution that designates the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, “as …

By Ehichioya Ezomon  President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu and three other presidential contestants have onus to help their parties secure the states gained in the February 25 poll, and strive to add more states to their columns. In normal political times, the All Progressives Congress would reap a bandwagon effect from Tinubu’s …

By Young Erhiurhoro Almost every higher animal has a mouth, including the king of all living things – Man. The mouth is used for eating foods and to also drink water and other liquid materials. It’s an essential part of a human being. Without the mouth, human beings are incomplete. No …

By Ehichioya Ezomon  It’s apt to lead this article with the phrase – “Barring any political earthquake or a February surprise” – that closed previous instalments of the “Weekly Prediction” on the 2023 countdown series. As noted in those two serials, only a novel political revolution could prevent the presidential …

By Ehichioya Ezomon  The SMS below was received on February 8, 2023, in reaction to the first “Weekly Prediction” in the sixth instalment of the running 2023 countdown series. The message reads: “Hi, your article of Mon. Feb 6, ’23 in the New Telegraph refers. The article is good, except …

By Chief Olori Magege It is perfectly normal to have an ambition. It is human to be. And there can be no limit to one’s ambition. But the issue is how you pursue your ambition. If your strategy in the pursuit of your ambition is to run people out of …

By Ehichioya Ezomon  It’s 19 days to the February 25 presidential poll, and there’s anxiety that a winner might not emerge among the 18 candidates on Election Day, resulting in a re-off for the two leading candidates. The amended 1999 Constitution mandates that for a person to be declared the …

By Friday Ewiwilem I have just finished reading a letter purportedly written by Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark who at over 100 years, although claiming 94, should be resting and not dabbling into matters of the moment since he has had his day spanning over five decades from around 1965 to …