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By Owei Lakemfa Governor David ‘Dave’ Nweze Umahi of Ebonyi State reminds me of the colonial District Officer who was a…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Seven days after he emerged on 26 March 2022 as the Chair of the ruling All Progressives…
By Owei Lakemfa The Confluence Hotel in Ganaja, Lokoja, used to be my favourite spot whenever I visited Kogi State. Its main…
By Osmund Agbo Few weeks ago, I met a young woman of Iranian descent who had come for an elective…
By Owei Lakemfa Poverty is often presented as statistics. But what the Yusufu Bala Usman Institute did on September 21, 2022, was…
By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo Fellow Nigerians, This is the last time you will see me speak to you on Nigeria’s Independence Day. In…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu For all the talk of judicial independence, the reality of colonial and post-colonial Nigeria has been one…
By Hassan Gimba In June this year, writing under the title ‘Of Atiku’s sucker punch, Wike’s tantrums and APC’s only…
By Owei Lakemfa His Excellency William Ruto, Kenya’s newly minted President, prides himself as the Hustler-in-Chief of the country. He…
By Azu Ishiekwene When the row between Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), spilled…