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Rivers payroll cleanup: Where are the people behind the ghost workers?
By ABRAHAM EBINI The Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, has recently and quite resolutely defended his administration’s approval and ongoing implementation of a comprehensive staff payroll verification exercise across
Peter Obi and the hard road to a new Nigeria
By Fred Chukwuelobe Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2027 election, sat down with Arise Television anchor Ojy Okpe for an extensive conversation on
Fr Alia, the seduction of power, and the Catholic duty to pray
By Chris Agbedo I have read Valentine Obienyem’s “Fr. Alia and the Seduction of Power” with a mixture of concern and sadness. Concern, because the conduct attributed to Rev. Fr.
‘Ghost’ beneficiaries beneficiaries of N33/7bn cash transfer
• Doubts over whether billions in benefits reached poor Nigerians By Dele Sobowale The N33.75 billion transfer controversy, now rocking the nation, is neither new, nor did the massive fraud stop
Wahab’s war on the waterways environment, infrastructure
By Adedayo Olalekan Every rainy season, Lagos holds its breath. Streets vanish under brown water. Cars stall mid-bridge. Families wade home carrying what they can save. And every year, the
Beyond the Shadows of 1993: Law, evidence and the sovereign will
By Echeta Babington Onuh Human existence has always been accompanied by disagreement and controversy. Wherever people hold different views about what is right or wrong, just or unjust, desirable or
Who owns the road to Yelewata? by Stephanie Shaakaa
In 2025, the visit was stopped before it began. In 2026, it reached the gate and still could not get through. Peter Obi has now been turned back from Benue
The 9/11 that never happened: What Britain saved the world from
…and What Nigeria Must Learn By Jide Ajani TWENTY-FIVE years after the planes struck America, the most frightening part of 9/11 may not be what the terrorists achieved, but what
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By TONY AFEJUKU One thing the Glitterer, this Glitterer, does from time to time now is read old books. In fact, he has been reading the ancient books and works
How intelligence, technology, VCRU are closing in on Auchi–Okene kidnappers
By AKINDELE ADEGEBO For years, the Auchi–Okene–Abuja highway and its surrounding communities have carried a reputation that no Nigerian traveller would wish to associate with a journey home: the fear
