As was always expected, the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege has emerged as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to contest in the 2023 governorship race in Delta state. His emergence sets the stage for what would likely become one of the most keenly contested races in...
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The global community on Wednesday June 8 celebrated the annual ritual tagged ‘world ocean day’. The celebration was first declared in 1992 following the United Nations, UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro. The purpose of the Day is to inform the public of the impact...
I had refrained from making comments on the claim by Governor Nyesom Wike that he was betrayed by his colleagues from the south because of my belief that in a matter of days, the accusation would wear off. But with many people, especially on social media, pushing the narrative,...
In Nigeria, where politicians lack alternative business addresses, depending on power, political patronage, contracts, and so on to survive and remain relevant, the election is a do-or-die affair. Those who seek to topple incumbents and incumbents who want to retain power need to be guided. Seeking political power in...
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It is no longer news that the Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Chief Sheriff Oborevwori, has, ahead of the 2023 general elections , emerged the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state. It is equally relevant to the present discourse to underline that...
ENGAGEMENTS BY Chidi Amuta Shortly before the outcome of the recent PDP primaries, a video clip of Atiku Abubakar dancing in casual outfit hit the social media. It did not seem like a recent video. But it gathered traction and went even more viral once Mr. Atiku was proclaimed the presidential...
The recent disclosure by former Lagos state governor and All Progressives Congress national leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, while speaking to delegates in Abeokuta indicates that there are already cracks within the All Progressives Congress (APC) that could affect its chances at the presidential polls in 2023. Tinubu did not...
By ANDY CHUKWUMA – Magnus Onyibe’s article, “Rising And Falling Of Delta State Political Family And Consequences,” is a classic example of political red herring. The article was riddled with fallacies, contradictions, distortions, prejudices, misrepresentations, and utter falsehood. Posturing as an intellectual, Onyibe ended up sounding like a neophyte...
One inherent ‘sorrow’ associated with public leadership across the globe is that once a citizen is elevated to such a position, either through election or appointment, he loses his/her right to private living. Closely associated with this challenge is that such public offices particularly in Nigeria have lately become...
By Adewale Sam, Ilorin. Politics is widely acknowledged to be nothing more than a game largely played on the field of interest. However, it is part of wisdom that when pushing interests through opinions, there should be an employment of simple logic and fact as that is the only...
Even when it remains a difficult task to compress the achievements of Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa’s administration in the past seven years into a few worded pieces, one things stands out; Governor Okowa made good his promise as the Executive Governor of Delta state, to unlock – and unleash–youth...
Conventional wisdom teaches us that it is better to under promise and over deliver, rather than over promise and under deliver, especially in the world of business and politics. With the former, you earn the reputation of a promise keeper, which leads to higher credibility ratings. On the contrary,...
…….Eyes 10th Senate @ 62 By PAUL MUMEH Barring any unforeseen circumstances or a likely twist of events on account of the uncertainties that characterizes our polity, former Governor of Enugu State and current Senator representing Enugu East, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani will return to the Senate for a third...
ENGAGEMENTS BY Chidi Amuta In a little over another week, a great deal of the political cacophony all over the country will have abated. The period will end with gatherings of Nigeria’s political tribes in Abuja. Their major achievement will be to lower the deafening decibels of our current political noise...
At a time like this, there is a compelling need to evaluate our politics and governance via a broader view of the people’s paramount concerns and legitimate expectations in order to unravel its values of fiscal discipline, prudent management, robust and continuous community engagement, effective and efficient public communication,...
Recently, precisely on Wednesday May 25, the world joined Africa continent to celebrate the annual Africa Day, a day set aside to mark the anniversary of the signing of the OAU (Organization of African Unity) agreements which evolved into the present day African Union (AU). And had its origin...
Need for Nigeria’s political space to accommodate community policing framework By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI
Need for Nigeria’s political space to accommodate community policing framework By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI
It is evident that robust unity which grows out of historical experience can no longer be found or trusted in the present day Nigeria. It can equally not be considered an over statement if one concludes that in today’s Nigeria, there is no more sense of oneness that emerges...
The race to the 2023 presidential elections is becoming intense and defining as it poses a vital phase for rethinking Nigeria’s survival and reality of the future from May 29, 2023 when a new set of leaders that will pilot the affairs of Nigeria will be inaugurated. Many have...
By GODKNOWS IGALI The global community was recently thrown into intense melancholy following the passing of Dr. Madeleine Albright and Professor Grace Alele-Williams, two of humanity’s greatest matriarchs that ever lived. In a seeming relay, the former died on 23rd March 2022 in Washington DC, the United States capital,...