Opinion & Columns

By Ifeanyi Osuoza On December 8, 2014, Senator, Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, emerged victorious in the Delta State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP primary election, when he was elected to fly the party’s flag, by a resounding majority of the delegates that participated in the primaries, which was held at the …

By Young Erhiurhoro Being part of the memorial lecture delivered during the 8th years anniversary of the Late HRH, Dr. Charles D. Ogodo, JP, past Odion’Rode of Unenurhie Community and the Osu’Urhobo III of Lagos State. Preamble:  This short piece is written to honour posthumously a departed hero and a …

By Ehichioya Ezomon Karma – loosely refers here as nemesis or retributive justice – connotes “cause and effect” in Indian religions; “measure for measure” in Judaism; “one reaps what one sows” (Galatians 6:7) in Christianity; and “what goes around comes around” in Western culture. Essentially, Karma, as a “concept of action, work, …

By James Sunday The myth and reality of Information Technology and Communication, Artificial Intelligence contributed to the increasing dangers of ‘fake news.’ What is fake news? It is an unconfirmed, unverified, untrue, rumuor, assumptions and sometimes figment of imagination put together by clandestine individuals or groups using the tools of …

By Oweigha Julius This is not about Charles Dickens’ Tale of Two Cities but about two Governorship primaries ahead of the November 11th governorship race to Creek Haven and the candidates thrown up by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), incumbent governor, Senator Douye Diri and the All Progressive Congress ,Former Minister …

By Young Erhiurhoro The struggle for freedom and independence by the Unenurhie people is not something of today or two years ago. It’s a struggle for years now. But for the fact that, it’s a habitual attitudinal process in Nigeria, that if you don’t have ‘Abuja Connection’ you will continue …

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 …