Opinion & Columns

  By Ehichioya Ezomon   In March 2025, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) released the performance report of 2024/Q4 in comparison to 2024/Q3 by the 11 electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) in the country. While the report speaks of Eko DisCo (90.00%) and Ikeja DisCo (82.63%) as recording the highest …

By Josiah Egbilika   It is a well and known fact in Nigeria that May 27 of every year is used to celebrate the importance and existence of children. The day was set aside as a universal children’s day every November 20 in 1954 but was first established for May …

By Ehichioya Ezomon   “Today, I bring to this pioneer body the desperate cries of a people troubled by how their reality seems bound for serfdom. I challenge you to awaken these people who wrongly believe that everything is fine as long as they can manage a share of what …

By Young Erhiurhoro   As an advocate of peace or a peacemaker, I have written much on peaceful coexistence of people, families and communities. The importance of peace in our everyday living is far worth any monetary offer or position anybody will attain in this life. Peace is paramount to …

By Ehichioya Ezomon I’ve never dreamt, imagined or thought of the day Nigerian politicians – in desperation for fresh or renewal of elective mandates – would not only go after their political opponents and their children, but also encourage their own children to toe the same line. This is what …

  By Ehichioya Ezomon   The entire leadership of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is a shameless lot. That’s the least of the adjectives to describe such unserious and un-self-examining politicians, who, in the face of an embarrassing implosion of their platform, engage in scapegoating President Bola Tinubu and …

    By Tunde Uchegbuo   In his letter to the church in Philippi, Apostle Paul urged them to live out their faith in humility and selflessness rather than in vain conceit. Apostle Paul’s charge to the church is exemplified today in Great Joshua Maciver, the former Southern Ijaw council …

  By Ehichioya Ezomon   Today, Monday, April 28, 2025, presents a momentous occasion in Asaba, capital city of Delta State, as the entire political structure of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state officially defects to the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC). The defectors include Governor Sheriff …

  By Young Erhiurhoro    It’s no longer breaking news that the entire Niger-Delta region is fully besieged by so-called Northern power, considering the level of attacks, calamities, atrocities, enslavement, inhumane treatment and other terrorist activities meted on the Niger Delta people by the so-called Fulani herdsmen or “Northern bandits”. …

  By Ehichioya Ezomon   Recently, the seemingly urbane and easy-going former Imo State Governor Achike Udenwa (1999-2007), chewed two issues at the same time: Nigerian politicians’ propensity to buying their way into elective office; and alleged interference of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the affairs of the …