By Etim Etim On Friday, September 13, the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) indicted an Air Peace pilot and co-pilot for taking hard drugs and alcohol while on duty. The accident investigators tested the airline’s crew after the aircraft they flew was involved in a runway excursion (veered off the runway) at the Port Harcourt…
Gov. Bassey Otu (left) and the former Kano State Governor, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. By Linus Obogo It has become necessary to address, in the strongest and clearest of terms, the needless hysteria, the idle conjectures, and the mischievous insinuations trailing the recent visit of former Kano State Governor, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, to Cross…
By Agba Jalingo OBUDU (CONVERSEER) – Bedia, my village has five clans, namely: Indi-Atiekpe, Bedia-likwu, Begiagba, Kudiang and Bikwom. I am Begiagba. It is established that Indi-Atiekpe and Begiagba have a closer affinity than other clans and they are called Begia-Anyorbi. They aren’t even allowed to inter-marry. But ironically, even within Begiagba, there are two…
By Austin Orette TEXAS (CONVERSEER) – The person who cries loudest when a stone is thrown into the market is the one who has been hit. To him, everything is about tribal affiliation. For someone to grow, he or she must at some point learn whether his or her interaction is positive or negative with…
President Bola Tinubu. By Etim Etim If any evidence was needed to prove the efficacy of President Tinubu’s fiscal reforms, the latest report from the Ministry of Budget & National Planning would suffice. For the period January – August 2025, the federal government collected a total revenue of N20.59 trillion, a 40.5% increase from N14.6…
