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Gov Alex Otti’s “exit” plan controversy, by Ochereome Nnanna
Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti (OFR), recently got tongues wagging when he, once again, averred that at the end of his tenure he would hand over and disappear from
5G, the end of Mafab’s fairy tale? By Okoh Aihe
Mafab is back in the news, not in the way some of us or even the organisation expected. You remember that little boast of the antelope, the way it would
A Daniel has again come to judgement in the Mambila Hydroelectric Power Project, by Rotimi Fasan
The International Chamber of Commerce last week rescued Nigeria from yet another set of predators determined to suck the last drop of blood still running in the country’s economic veins.
37 lives in custody: When the state becomes accountable to the dead, by Ejiro Ofoye
Nigeria is once again confronted with a tragedy that should trouble the conscience of every citizen: 37 people arrested over alleged illegal mining have died in the custody of the
King Jaja’s challenge to Nigeria: Power, defiance and economic self-determination, by Dakuku Peterside
If King Jaja of Opobo were alive today, where would he stand amid Nigeria’s diplomatic pressure, economic uncertainty and deepening social tension—and what would he do? Would he negotiate, confront,
Why Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway, by Eric Teniola
I guess it is not by accident that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, is constructing a highway between Calabar and Lagos. The construction is political, historical and economical. I will
Dangote Refinery IPO is not for you, by Dele Sobowale
Alhaji Aliko Dangote said he wants millions of Nigerians to share in the wealth which will be generated by the Dangote Refinery by buying at least ten shares priced at
Policing for personal profit, by Suleiman A. Suleiman
The tragic death of 37 artisanal miners under the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, more popularly known as Civil Defence, in Minna last week reveals, yet
London and noise, by Patrick Omorodion
Noise is “either joyful shouts of praise or the chaotic roar of war and the emptiness of loveless speech”. The noise we are hearing has to do with the 2026
Schools Concession: The Ministry of Education as a retarded child, by Owei Lakemfa
A country’s Ministry of Education is supposed to be a place of illumination with clear ideas about the future. Nigeria has had not just super educators like Professors Wole Soyinka,
