Open letter to the Administrator of Rivers State
By ETIM ETIM Dear Vice Admiral Ibokette Ibas You have been in office as the administrator of Rivers State for over a month, and I will like to draw your…
Category: Opinion
Nigeria’s Economic Growth: Projections, Realities and Fantasies
By Marcel Okeke Nigeria’s participation at the recent International Monetary Fund (IMF)/World Bank Group spring meetings in Washington D.C, exposed the country to the good, the bad, and the ugly…
Atiku, Not Tinubu, Is the Wrecking Ball
By Azu Ishiekwene There’s a concern that Nigeria could soon become a one-party state, not by law, like in China, but through subterfuge – or in legal terms, de facto…
The Silent Majesty of Ibom Hotel and Golf Resort
By: ‘dayo Adedayo There are places that whisper their greatness rather than shout it. The Ibom Hotel and Golf Resort, Uyo, tells a story akin to the most successful souls…
Gov Eno and the 2027 Political Calculations
By John Junior As Nigeria gradually shifts its gaze toward the 2027 general elections, political intrigues and realignments are beginning to emerge across the country. At the center of current…
The impending defection of Gov. Umo Eno to APC
By Celestine Mel If there were still flickers of uncertainty about the direction of Akwa Ibom’s political future, they were extinguished yesterday. At the Oruk Anam–Ukanafun Town Square outing, Governor…
CBEX Wealth Chasers, NDIC And The Fate Of Depositors
by Reuben Abati I was abroad when the CBEX scandal broke: somehow, I tend to be out of town when Nigerians get into very serious trouble but it has been…
The struggle to build Ibom Deep Sea Port
By ETIM ETIM Some twenty leaders of different political leanings and ethnic backgrounds in Akwa Ibom State have sent a passionate appeal to President Bola Tinubu reminding him of an…
In 2027, Tinubu Won’t Win; The Opposition Will Lose
By Farooq A. Kperogi If economic health, social vitality, and the raw pulse of public opinion were the only indicators relied upon to prognosticate the chances of President Bola Ahmed…
Can Nigeria Afford Another Failed Census?
By Marcel Okeke President Bola Ahmed Tinubu took a major step towards the realization of the proposed national population and housing census by inaugurating an eight-man high-level committee led by…
Pope Francis (1936 – 2025)
by Reuben Abati Pope Francis who died yesterday morning, April 21, at the age of 88 was a trailblazer in more than one respect and definitely one of the most…
The wages of presidential subterfuge
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu On the evening of 5 April 2012, the prime-time bulletin on the television news of the Malawi Broacasting Corporation (MBC), announced to the country that the…
Democratic Republic of Congo: Contradictions, agony and implications for pan Africanism
By ETIM ETIM Although the rest of Africa seems to have forgotten about the crisis and wars in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), some scholars, intellectuals and thinkers from…
Plateau, Tsiga and Trump
Reuben Abati “My brother, you do not look cheerful at all.” “I am just overwhelmed by everything” “Any personal issues? I hope there is no trouble in paradise and that…
Akpabio’s supernatural powers
By ETIM ETIM Senator Godswill Akpabio has been in public service for over two decades, but it’s only recently that his supernatural powers have been brought to national attention. These…
The Uromi 16 And The Problem With Nigeria
by Reuben Abati The killing last Friday of 16 Northern travellers along the Uromi-Ubiaja road in Edo state is an event that will live in infamy. Twenty-five travellers from Port…
Why Protests Fail in Nigeria: A Nation Trapped in its Own Chains
By Lisa Bassey “Nigeria, my beloved country Working together is the key Nigeria, my beloved country Her future is you and me.” Every time I remember the above song by…