Opinion & Columns

By Young Erhiurhoro The East-West road as we know is a popular and very busy federal road and our major area of focus in this report is the Ughelli to Patani axis, all in Delta State. Therefore, this report will seek the immediate attention of both the federal government and …

By Josiah Egbilika The World Day Against Child Labor is celebrated every June 12 of the year. It is a day set aside to raise awareness and solicit for prompt actions to stopping child labour in all of its forms. The International Labour Organziation (ILO) launched the Day in 2002. …

By Tony Eke There’s something intrinsic about the M.O.R.E. Agenda of the Oborevwori administration which gives it a greater signification than its generic denotation. Beyond the musicality of the acronym is the worth of the mantra which resonates with a broad spectrum of Deltans that appreciate the enrichment of the …

By Ehichioya Ezomon Rounding off the fifth installment of this series on Monday, June 3, I stated that, “barring any ‘political earthquake’ this week (last week) in the Rivers crisis, the remaining measures Fubara could deploy to arrest Wike’s alleged hegemonic hold on Rivers State will be interrogated in the …

… How Abacha added Bayelsa to State Creation List, by Major Al-Mustapha By Wisdom Oniekpar Ikuli Saturday 8th June, 2024 makes it exactly 26 years after the death of an outstanding General and National Icon that is erroneously described as the worst leader that Nigeria has ever produced or that …

By Saviour Igbanibo Since 2012 when the Supreme Court sacked Chief Timipre Sylva from office as Governor of Bayelsa State for serving more than constitutionally required 4 years period, he has remained politically unelectable. He had attempted to cheat the constitution when he refused to submit himself to a fresh …

By Ifeanyi Michael Osuoza Our attention was recently drawn to the advertorial in the Vanguard Newspaper of Monday, June 3, 2024, posted by a group called: “League of Delta Patriots” and titled: “Open Letter To Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori One Year In Office,” which suggested some provocative …

By Ehichioya Ezomon  Has the political heat in Rivers State simmered in the past week to suggest perhaps – just perhaps – that conventional wisdom has taken hold of the dramatis personae in the crisis to pull back from the precipice they’ve pushed the state to in the last eight …

By Josiah Egbilika The media has widely been acknowledged as a fourth tier of government. Besides its informative role, it has been credited as a watchdog. Beyond this role, the media has become an advocacy tool for social development. Remarkable achievements have been accoladed to journalists, On-Air-Personnel and even media …

By Ehichioya Ezomon Seeming to belie the header for this article that’s run three installments, a couple of weeks has witnessed the return of former Governor and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Chief Nyesom Wike – from his semblance of a sabbatical leave – to rejoin Governor Siminalayi …