Opinion Corner

Prof Ihonvbere’s outing in the Abuja’s Green Chamber, with the other prominent positions he had had, have little or nothing to show for them more so that he breached a standing agreement where his two tenures in the House had exhausted his Owan West’s stay in that office. It’s appalling that an erudite professor and important personality of his carriage …

Let us be clear: this is not a spontaneous eruption of public anger. It is a carefully curated political project. The successive leaderships following the death of Madiba have been the primary architects of this destructive banality. From local councilors to national figures, xenophobia has become the default currency of political mobilization. Look at the rhetoric. When political leaders, including …

Unfortunately, numerous Owan voters are pained that Dr. Umakhihe, the very one that would have bettered their lots, as elected HoRs lawmaker, had quit the race, on a reason they cited as insincerely in the HoRs electoral process. Still on the Prof Ihonvbere’s forced contest, Dr. Oto Drama, a social and political critic, puts it succinctly; “The greatest tragedy of …

Today, as that same journey reaches the highest office in the land, a fundamental question arises: What happens when the insurgent becomes the incumbent? When citizens hear a call to manage or endure in the face of persistent insecurity and economic transition, they often wonder if the dream has dimmed. However, a statesman’s analysis suggests a more complex reality. There …

The Portable vs Carter Efe’s duel is ephemeral ceasefire and breathing space to an overwhelmed government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Lucky Jagaban – who faces restless public agitation over the avalanche economic woes, insecurity, and social problems Nigerians face. It’s likened to the alibi of a drunkard, that alcohol consumption makes him forget his problems. But what he doesn’t …

It is time to strip away the mask. Peter Obi is a capitalist, an elite operator who has thrived in the very business and political circles that have raped the Nigerian economy for decades. To see him framed as a grassroots messiah while he treats party politics as a series of hostile takeovers is a cruel irony. A committed democrat, …

A dark political cloud is gathering over the state, particularly in Edo South, said to form the highest votes aside its two other districts. It is said that the travails of Ize-Iyamu were borne out of the mischief by certain powerful individuals, to install a rubber-stamp senatorial candidate, so that the clique continue to hijack federal patronages, as they had …

Aiguobasinmwin Movement Worldwide, a frontline socio-cultural group that pursues Benin (Edo South) well-being, had through a press conference, cautioned the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), against fielding Iyamu in the election, for he allegedly had backed the creation of Toru Ebe and Anioma states, respectively, to be carved out from Edo. But Edo South and the people …

In a baffling display of scriptural malpractice, General Oluyede recently invoked the biblical parable of the Prodigal Son to justify the reabsorption of “repentant” terrorists into the fold of the state. Let us be clear: the Prodigal Son was a wayward youth who squandered an inheritance on riotous living; he was not a butcher who decapitated children, enslaved women, and …

Pointblank, the ACF statement, confronting the federal government, when they are much aware of the missing links, and can’t volunteer a synergy to bail the country out of the circle of killings and maiming, is ugly and laughable. It tends to expose a wide void in ACF’s relational strategies, segmented cohesion and capable leadership. It also apparently signals distant leadership …