Immediate past Governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade. By Ogar Emmanuel Oko Former Governor Sir Benedict Ayade CON is an intellectual man. Apart from the late Sen. Paul Ukpo, PhD, who was a nuclear physicist, in terms of scholastics, no politician in the northern senatorial district comes close to Ben Ayade’s pedigree. He’s…
In the Orwellian world in which we now dwell, countries and groups that uphold international law are labeled terrorists or supporters of terrorism, while those that commit unspeakable crimes, flagrantly violating international and humanitarian laws, remain unlabeled and unpunished. What the last year and a half in Gaza has glaringly demonstrated is how little the…
“Let every Nigerian—regardless of gender—feel safe, valued, and empowered to serve. Let us work together, not against each other, to preserve the dignity of our democracy.” By Obiaruko Christie Ndukwe Recent international coverage surrounding Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s claims against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has cast Nigeria in a negative light—portraying our political space as…
Sorry, I digress. Gradually, the Nigerian presidency is putting finishing touches to its own sculpture of a village liar, Ìbídùn, it is busy carving. Or writing itself into the pathetic biblical story of an early Christian community in Jerusalem which witnessed a lying couple by the name, Ananias and Sapphira. Ìbídùn was the proverbial woman who,…
By Etim Etim The new directors of NNPCL appointed by President Bola Tinubu last week has been widely welcomed by Nigeria’s oil industry chieftains and analysts for their cognate experience and impressive private sector background, but they are taking over a corporation buffeted by chronic political problems and unethical business practices. These directors are from…
