TODAY, Dr. Solomon Ehigiator Arase, a retired Inspector-General of the Nigeria Police and renowned philanthropist, celebrates his 69th birthday. As he marks this milestone, his life’s work and legacy serve as a testament to his unwavering commitment to public service, education, and community development. Dr. Arase’s distinguished career in the […]
Columns & Opinion
Patrick Edobor Igbinovia, Nigeria’s first professor of criminology and criminal justice has scored another first again. Igbinovia who was recently made a Professor Emeritus at the University of Benin after over three decades of academic excellence and scholarship is scheduled to deliver the maiden and first Emeriti Professorship Public Lecture on Tuesday, 3rdJune, 2025 at the Akin Deko main auditorium at the Ugbowo Campus of the University […]
By Erasmus Ikhide UNDER one week, the Nigerian military has made twin twitches of weak defense of its lagging responses to the sweeping terrorist attacks that have enveloped the country on an unprecedented scale, leading to mass slaughtering of hapless citizens and ill-equipped gallant military personnel alike. What came from […]
By Erasmus Ikhide CAPTAIN Ibrahim Traore, the President of Burkina Faso, is an African soldier and a Pan-Africanist. He’s also a revolutionary icon and lover of African liberation struggles, going by his people-oriented and African-centered policies. Like those before him, he is on the verge of being extinguished by bloodlust […]
BY DENNIS OSAHON AIKORIOGIE Your Excellency, It is with a profound sense of duty, loyalty, and commitment to the advancement of our dear Edo State that I, Dr. Dennis Osahon Aikoriogie, a proud son of the soil and a dedicated chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), write this open […]
By Abdul Mahmud This is a difficult and dangerous season for Nigerians. At home. Abroad. Nowhere is safe. Nowhere offers comfort. The homeland is haunted by violence. The diaspora faces a different cruelty; one marked by alienation, racism, and, sometimes, death. If our citizens aren’t taking their own lives, they […]
– Abdul Mahmud There are times when acts of kindness break through the noise. They come quietly. Without ceremony. They do not seek applause. They simply do what is right. What is just. What is human. What is compassionate. Mr. Peter Obi and the Obidients’ movement have done this again […]
By Abdul Mahmud A fresh storm is brewing over the soul of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), the supposed sentinel of legal conscience and professional rectitude in our country. At the centre of it is a questionable N300 million “gift” from the suspended Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, to […]
By Abdul Mahmud Eedris Abdulkarim is no stranger to speaking truth to power. Two decades ago, in 2004, he etched his name in Nigeria’s political consciousness with the release of Jaga Jaga, a brutally honest critique of Nigeria’s political corruption, economic mismanagement, and social decay under the Obasanjo administration. That […]
By Abdul Mahmud President Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State, accompanied by the suspension of the duly elected governor and the House of Assembly for six months, is a direct assault on the 1999 Constitution. It is an authoritarian power grab that undermines the fundamental principles […]