Category: Opinion

By Steve Otaloro As I reflect on the future of my beloved town, Idoani, I am reminded of the ancient proverb: “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” Our community, blessed with immense intellectual and entrepreneurial capital, is paradoxically hindered by individualistic tendencies that threaten to undermine our collective progress. The development of Idoani demands […]

President Bola Tinubu  The Federal Government is right to have, on September 28, 2025, pushed back against narratives seeking to pitch Nigeria’s fight against terrorism in religious storylines. Such narratives are too simplistic to be allowed to distort the insurgency and terrorism that have afflicted the country for about one and a half decades. The […]

By Reuben Abati Last week, October 7, the announcement was made of the exit of Professor Mahmoud Yakubu, Chair of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), 2015 – 2025, and his replacement in acting capacity by Mrs. May Agbamuche-Mbu, Chairperson of Legal Services, Clearance, and Complaints Committee (LSC &CC) – she is now likely to […]

By; Steve Otaloro As I reflect on the future of my beloved town, Idoani, I am reminded of the ancient proverb: “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” Our community, blessed with immense intellectual and entrepreneurial capital, is paradoxically hindered by individualistic tendencies that threaten to undermine our collective progress. The development of Idoani demands […]

Otaloro By; Steve Otaloro The recent exodus of legislators from the opposition to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State has provoked an array of hand-wringing commentaries ,most notably from the Coalition of All Civil Society Organisations in Ondo State (CACSOD). Yet beneath the clamour and the moralising rhetoric lies a more prosaic […]

By Abimbola Adelakun : First, let us get rid of the worthless argument that fallaciously equates the case of the self-appointed “Eze of Lagos” with the ambitions of Folasade Tinubu-Ojo, the woman who parades herself as the Iyaloja-General of Nigeria because she happens to be the daughter of the President. Pitching one against the other […]

By Tunde Odesola After a five-week break, I’m back at my desk, thankfully. Where the heck did I go? I went to the Land of Moriah. Tunde tun ti de o; where on planet Earth is the Land of Moriah? Moriah was the land where Abraham, the Father of Faith, took his son, Isaac, and […]

By Olusegun Adeniyi When Nigeria marked its 60th independence anniversary five years ago, I recalled how 1960 was deemed ‘The Year of Africa’. Because 16 of the 17 countries that gained independence that year were from the continent. I then x-rayed the state of those other 15 African countries that secured their independence same year […]

By Ikechukwu Amaechi In trying to understand the curious conduct of Siminalayi Fubara since his reinstatement as the governor of Rivers State after serving out a six-month suspension slammed on him by the headmaster of Nigeria’s democracy, President Bola Tinubu, and his class captain, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, I […]

By Reuben Abati On Thursday, 18 September 2025, the six months state of emergency declared in Rivers State on 18 March would have expired and this has led to high expectations among the people. The hope that this would be the case was further raised when Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), […]