Tag: Tony Eke
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2025: Harvesting hope amidst uncertainty – By Tony Eke
Entering new year seems like unveiling the face of a foretold event. As a result, its calm arrival and extinction of the preceding year accentuated the varying notes of our appreciation.
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Necessity of sacrifice in bleak Christmas – By Tony Eke
Humanity is in a momentous season propelled by dual celebrations. The first segment has to do with our awareness of the year which is crawling to an end and the joy inherent in holidaying for the period. This makes a greater meaning in parts of the world where going on holidays is perceived from an…
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Solomon Arenyeka: Of chance, time, and season – By Tony Eke
In the fictional world of literature certain works we had read stick to the memory. No matter the intervening years between then and now, we still recollect not just the titles but also the plot structure and themes.
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Wike’s vain quest for state capture – By Tony Eke
Literature is so lovely because it reflects some truth on its vast pages of creative vistas. Its illumination of life and lived experiences is all-encompassing, its exploration of the dual reality of our world, as gleaned from its recognition of humane deeds and excoriation of diabolical contrivances generate appreciation of its forms.
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Musings on burdens of survival in Nigeria – By Tony Eke
The hardship in the land is growing daily, making survival a big burden for a large group of Nigerians. Gone are the days when we easily cracked our brains and got simple solutions to basic issues. These days, even an occasional challenge such as being cashless or minimally broke requires more than a fleeting thought…
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Oborevwori’s push for riverine roads development – By Tony Eke
A reforming essence is progressively sharpening the vision of Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori since he took office. A measure of this is evident in his restructuring of two critical ministries, ostensibly to accord with compelling circumstances. The governor’s choice of education and works is not by happenstance but informed by what he…
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Like Tinubu, like Council of State members – By Tony Eke
The echoes of the hunger protests will likely last longer than expected. As long as the issues which fed the mild social convulsions are not addressed in a holistic manner to confine them to history, so will the tragic imports continue to reverberate beyond this season.
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Has Wole Soyinka regained his voice? – By Tony Eke
The first hunger protests left regrettable but avoidable tragic trails on Nigeria’s socio-political firmament. Even though it may not be witnessed so soon again, one of the issues thrown up in the course of the demonstrations is the exposure of the underbelly of Nigeria as a country of contradictions.
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Of protest, defiance, and narratives – By Tony Eke
An unusual feature of the build-up to the Hunger Protest which began last Thursday 1st August reflected the nature of the protest itself.
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Thoughts on the proposed protest against hunger – By Tony Eke
Nigeria is in the grip of a probable protest propelled by remote and immediate issues of economic hardship. Even a category of the blind gifted with an extra sensory organ could fitfully see the emerging inclement horizon! It may be quite distinct from earlier pockets of protests witnessed within the intervening years of 1999 and…