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Category: Opinions/Columnists
OPINION: Who will save our traditional institutions?
By Emeka Alex Duru It is not unusual at certain times of uncertain developments, for people…
OPINION: Overcoming Nigeria’s Legacy of Woes
By Oseloka H. Obaze Nigeria’s legacy of woes transects a broad historical and political sphere. Since…
OPINION: Presidential jet saga and Tinubu’s ‘Animal Farm’ agenda
By Emeka Duru In October last year, former Vice President and the presidential candidate of the…
One year of Speaker Abass Tajudeen’s leadership of inclusivity, disarming candour
Speaker Tajudeen has remained steadfast, weathering the storm of public skepticism and criticism leveled against him…
Akpabio’s National Assembly: One year after
But truth be told, NASS under Akpabio, has in its actions and utterances, shown to be…
TRIBUTE: Fare thee well, Sola Lawal
Sola was brilliant and courageous and exceptionally unique in his style. His script was him. He…
What Akwa Ibom taught me in 24 hours
We arrived at the magnificent church built by former Governor Udom Emmanuel, who was also present.…
Oborevwori: Navigating the path less traveled
By Felix Ofou “No one has learned the meaning of life until he has surrendered his…
Umo Eno: Taking rural development to dizzying heights
An epitome of prudent management of resources, Governor Eno is one of very few governors in…
OPINION – Education in Akwa Ibom: The hardworking prefect’s touch
For Governor Eno, fighting educational inequality is very critical.” By Victor Umanah Governor Umo Eno of…
The absurd 100 orphans mass wedding, spiritual war against bandits and N90B Hajj subsidy
By Adesuwa Tsan Just when you think you have seen it all, Nigeria throws a new…
OPINION: Emerging facts on the missing Abia Airport
What is mind boggling is the impunity, audacity and brazenness with which these atrocious acts were…
Cultural similarities between Akwa-Ibomites and Ndigbo
Most Igbo masquerades and other traditional paraphernalia are sourced from Ikot-Ekpene, the centre of raffia and…
Tinubu is taking us back to the Stone Age
Instead of devising how to ameliorate these sufferings, the government is plotting further sufferings for the…
DSTV of the killer price hikes
It was not the sweetest of news to Nigerian ears when DSTV began to make more…
Decreasing quality of food and beverage products in Nigeria
if you live in a country where government regulatory agencies use high revenue generation as evidence…
TRIBUTE – 7 + 1 lessons learnt from the great Guru Adenuga at 71
By Uche Nworah, Ph.D The story of my marketing communications career will not be complete without…
Yahaya Bello and a complicit judiciary
It was the day after Yahaya Bello’s chosen successor and blood relative, Usman Ododo, chose to…
The need for additional state in South East
Ohanaeze has in the current dispensation, tabled the demand before President Bola Tinubu, asking him and…
Opinion: The missing Abia Airport
By Emeka Nwosu, PhD. Nothing could be more scandalous and horrifying than the disclosure by Governor…
Will Yahaya Bello become APC’s sacrificial lamb?
We have witnessed cases during Buhari-led government where corruption suspects from opposition parties get cover after…
A new deal and a new dawn in Abia under Otti
These laudable actions of the Labour Party-controlled Government have helped to engender a growing climate of…
South-East Development Commission: Unlocking latent fortunes, fostering inclusion
By Jerry Wohu In a nation as diverse as Nigeria, fostering unity and ensuring equitable development…
A desperate plea to protect our children
I cannot but think of my two preteen boys who have been lavished with so much…
In memory of our fallen heroes
What is not clear in all the instances, is whether the culprits were among those killed…
From the classroom to the real world: My internship experience
Writing and editing scripts were quite challenging as my boss would always ask me to write,…