Category: Columnist
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2027: Rehearsing an Unlikely Coronation – By Chidi Amuta
The Tinubu presidency has shown utter disrespect for Nigerians. It is above all insensitive to the suffering and hardship of most Nigerians. Instead of rendering a sensible mid term account of its mandate, the administration is celebrating the onset of the 2027 presidential election race.
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Freedom goes with concommitant responsibilities – By Francis Ewherido
In the 80s, as mass communication students, they drove it into our heads that the “pen (mass media) is mightier than the sword.” Consequently, we were taught and admonished to exercise this enormous powers with great restraint. This was partly what four years studying mass communication in the university entailed.
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If you are a migrant, stay alive – By Owei Lakemfa
A frightening total of 9,757 migrants died in 2024 while trying to reach Spain by sea. The Spanish migration group, Camindo Fronteras –Walking Borders, reported that 1,538 of the victims were children and 421 women. These were migrants heading for Spain alone. There are the larger numbers trying to reach other
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Telecoms colloquium, beyond Holding Talks? – By Okoh Aihe
Late dramatist and playwright, Prof Ola Rotimi, once wrote a play, Holding Talks. In this work, which falls under the genre of theatre of the absurd, two characters are having a conversation forever or will ad nauseam be a better word? In this conversation, there is neither head nor tail and the repetition can be…
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Tinubu’s tsunami and its consequences for Nigerian democracy – By Godwin Etakibuebu
On April 24th, 2025, the Governor of Delta State, Sheriff Oborevwori, in total agreement – so we were told, with the State ruling political Party’ leadership, collapsed the structure of the People Democratic Party [PDP] in the State, and defected into the Nigerian ruling political Party, the All Progressive Congress [APC].
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NELFUND: Against a culture of impunity – By Dakuku Peterside
When the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, better known as NELFUND, was unveiled, it landed like a spark in a dry forest of despair. It brought a glimmer of hope, like a bold attempt to democratise access to higher education in a country where tuition fees are a barricade and scholarships are too few, too politicised,…
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Again, PDP in denial aftermath of members’ exodus to APC – 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 the ruling All
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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 – similar to Cameroon, Uganda, Equatorial Guinea, or even Rwanda,
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Nwachukwu: Anger and the hangman – By Francis Ewherido
“In your anger do not sin” (Ephesians 4:26). This was Apostle Paul’s admonition in his letter to the people of Ephesus, but it applies to us the way it applied to the original target audience. Paul simply acknowledged that anger is a natural human emotion, but admonished that you should not allow your anger get…
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Vietnamese poisoned over 50 years, as Mexico, Nigeria seek joint survival – By Owei Lakemfa
Can you imagine being born 50 years ago with poison in your system; assured that the only remedy is death? That was the fate of about three million Vietnamese who were sprayed herbicides called Agent Orange, specially manufactured by the United States, US, to ensure the victims were not only exterminated but also