OPINION: China’s leadership playbook and Nigeria’s reality

By Dakuku Peterside Touching down at the bustling Beijing Capital International Airport, you cannot miss that…

OPINION: Hunger is Real and Present

By Dakuku Peterside Hunger is widespread and chronic in Nigeria, and its prevalence is one phenomenon…

CROWD FOR HIRE: 2023 campaign rallies as a metaphor

The crowd that congregates whenever there is a rally has more to do with economic reasons…

2023: The paradox of choice  

Three or four Presidential candidates are of note, depending on your perspective and depth of understanding…

‘We’ve lost a great leader,’ Hon. Peterside mourns Rotimi Fashakin

He sympathised with his family, the government and people of Ondo State over the great loss…

A Nation in Chains

Sound economic knowledge has increasingly become an attribute a Nigerian President must have given the dire…

Dark clouds over the economy

Ordinary Nigerians are losing confidence in the ability of the managers of our economy  to arrest…

Take aways from the presidential nominations

By Dakuku Peterside  After a long voyage , all the political parties have concluded their special…

Spread of mob justice in Nigeria

By Dakuku Peterside There is an epidemic of mob justice in Nigeria today, and the frequency at…

Education Sector Crisis: A future that is ruined

By Dakuku Peterside  Nigeria is at a tipping point regarding security, human capacity development and economic…

My criticism of Wike not driven by personal ambition – Dakuku Peterside

Former Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has explained that…

APC convention, the night after…

By Dakuku Peterside It has been a long road to the APC convention, after 22 months…

‘You are insensitive to the plight of Rivers people’, Dakuku Peterside tells Wike

By Deborah Hassan 365Daily – A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State…

OPINION: Plateau of crises and death

By Dakuku Peterside Plateau State is named Plateau for a reason. It is approximately the Centre…

Loopholes in the proposed Electoral Act, by Dakuku Peterside

  Traditional wrestling in the southern part of Nigeria is intriguing and exciting. To the uninitiated,…

Gov. Wike: Facts versus propaganda

  By Dakuku Peterside Penultimate week, on the 19th of June, a respected Nigerian Columnist published…

OPINION – Deep Blue Project: Taking the fight to the Pirates

    By Dakuku Peterside With each passing day as a nation, it becomes more apparent…

OPINION: Transcending the lean times

By Dakuku Peterside Criticism makes leaders wake up, and it puts them on their toes. It…

Secessionist agitations in Nigeria and Israel – Palestinian conundrum

By Dakuku Peterside Perhaps no conflict in the world has lasted so long, generated as many…

The scourge of ritual killings in Nigeria, by Dakuku Peterside

Iniobong Umoren was a young woman in her early 20’s who lived in Uyo the Akwa…

A Fraud on Our Collective Humanity, by Dakuku Peterside

It was a compelling story – a story that showcases the best and worst in us.…

Lessons from Chad, by Dakuku Peterside

On Monday 19th April 2021, the world woke up to the news that the long-serving President…

Pure water and rising hardship in the land, by Dakuku Peterside

The sachet water, commonly known as ‘Pure Water’ all over Nigeria, is the most popular source…