OPINION

Photo: Nigeria President Bola Tinubu By O.M.O-Beecroft, Special Correspondent, Ajagbodudun, Warri North In a country where education is often touted as the ladder to success, Nigeria’s reality makes a mockery of that promise—daily, and in full glare of the world. Just recently, that painful truth was amplified yet again when…

By Augustus Adomagbo The recent visa restrictions imposed on Nigerians by the United States, the United Kingdom, and the United Arab Emirates represent more than isolated policy decisions—they are a damning indictment of Nigeria’s diplomatic collapse and a stark symbol of how far we have fallen on the global stage.…

By Gabriel Efe The recent announcement by the Lagos State Government to introduce a monthly and quarterly rent payment system is, at face value, a welcome development. After all, it is an open secret that most working-class Nigerians are suffocated by the burden of annual, sometimes even two-year, rent demands.…

By Reno Omokri Nigeria under President Bola Tinubu has completely, entirely, and paid off its debt to the International Monetary Fund, and we have been struck off the list of IMF debtor nations by the IMF itself, which confirmed this in an official release on its website, showing that Nigeria…

Photo: Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, DG WTO By Gabriel Efe Human resilience is astonishing—not for its brilliance, but for its persistence in the face of constant absurdity. We weathered COVID, rewired systems on the fly, and momentarily reminded ourselves that survival demands innovation. Just when it seemed like we’d turned a…

Opinion Article by Ray Ekpu The storm between the Rivers State government and Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) may be a storm in a teacup but it is a storm. The story is that the Rivers State government under Governor Siminalayi Fubara gave N300 million to the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), which had…

Photo: Pope Francis By Gabriel Efe The gentle, yet persistent, revolution of Pope Francis’s papacy has drawn its final chapter. His legacy, etched in mercy, reform, and a profound empathy for the marginalised, leaves an indelible mark. Though his tenure often stirred discomfort within the Church’s traditional power structures, it…

Photo: Chief Obinna Iyiegbu (Obi Cubana) By Oghenekevwe Kofi There’s a phrase that has become the unofficial anthem of Nigeria’s elite: “Money na water.” You see it everywhere—from flashy Instagram posts to party toasts, music lyrics to everyday street banter. It’s a boast, a celebration of wealth so fluid and…

….A CALL FOR URGENT SANITY By Dr. Monday O. Ubani SAN In recent times, a disturbing and dangerous trend has emerged within the Nigerian legal and political landscape. It is the deliberate misinterpretation and misrepresentation of final court judgements, particularly those of the Supreme Court, by parties to suits. Rather…

Photo: Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III By G.T. Addey (Agolokorobosin) The erosion of the Itsekiri nation’s territorial and political integrity is no longer a silent threat but a clear and present danger. This issue did not begin with the reign of Ogiame Atuwatse III CFR; the struggle to retain…