UK Envoy names six areas to partner with Nigeria; awaits Tinubu’s cabinet
British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Richard Montgomery (l) when he paid a courtesy visit to the Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Buki Ponle (r) in…
Can Tinubu’s copycatting Obi erase the dirty spot of dented mandate?
By Edward Musa Should Peter Obi and the Labour Party worry at the apparent copycatting of his policies and programmes by the tremulous and doddering government of the All…
Okowa’s eight years of landmarks and milestones in Delta State
By Chido Nwakanma Analysts have excited considerable interest as governors wind down for new administrations nationwide. Outgoing Delta State governor Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa is in the first rank…
Nigeria’s Climate Change Journey
June 13, 2023 As African nations pool their human and natural resources to combat climate change and ensure sustainability, here’s Nigeria’s climate change scorecard under ex-president Buhari’s administration. Will Nigeria’s…
Nigeria Seasons and Scandals: The Sirika Series
BY KEN UGBECHIE An international observer once described Nigeria’s 2023 general elections as a “crime scene.” That was 28 years after former US Secretary of State, retired Gen. Colin…
Celebrating a Legend: General Aliyu Mohammed Gusau @80
By Shehu Usman Iyal It is not unusual in parts of Northern Nigeria, for a new child to be named after his place of origin, by the parents. It was…
These Final Hours of “Mai Gaskiya’s” Kakistocracy…
By Tunde Olusunle The title of Goodluck Ebele Jonathan’s account of his stewardship as Nigeria’s President kept plodding in my mind as I thought through a heading for this…
Hilda Baci: Our Spiffy Chef and a Romance in the Kitchen
Her name is Hilda Effiong Bassey. A spiffy chef. Somewhat wacky and raunchy with weird vibes. Endowed with Amazonian beauty and brawn, she likes to strut her cookery stuff with…
HOW OKOWA RESHAPED, REFOCUSED AND REPOSITIONED DELTA PDP IN EIGHT YEARS
By Dr. Ifeanyi M. Osuoza On December 8, 2014, Senator, Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, emerged victorious in the Delta State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP primary election, when he was elected…
Aliyu Gusau @ 80: Glimpses and Encounters with Mr. Mystique
By Tunde Olusunle The story was told at the onset of the Fourth Republic in 1999, about a challenge which confronted the media, as it sought to commence reportage of…