Prayer, as Pastor Ibiyeomie has offered, may bring comfort and hope. But Rivers State also needs brutal honesty. Until its political actors learn that succession does...
If Rivers continues down this path, it will remain trapped in a cycle of crisis and counter-crisis, always fighting yesterday’s battles while tomorrow slips away. The...
And Wike himself knows something Nigerians know too. He knows that power is not only about microphones and motorcades. Power is also about records. Files. Quiet...
And as if the Presidency wanted the message complete, Bwala reinforced that even impeachment threats cannot be used like street weapons. He emphasized that any attempt...
Rivers State deserves better than lawmakers who confuse loyalty with obedience and activism with obstruction. It deserves representatives who understand that power is borrowed and that...
As previously noted, ‘Cultural Hegemony’ - the instinctual pull to identify with one’s own, specifically a Yoruba man at the centre - remains a positive factor...
Rivers’ lawmakers must be beyond reproach. The integrity of the state, the welfare of its citizens, and the credibility of its democratic institutions demand nothing less....
For 25 years, godfatherism has violated this principle with impunity. It has reduced governance to debt repayment, distorted leadership selection, and alienated citizens. It has turned...
A similar thing happened in 1957 when Sam Goomsu Ikoku of the then Action Group contested election against his father Dr. Alvan Azinna Ikoku, the Nigeria...
In Rivers today, the market has adjusted. Power has been clarified. Authority has been affirmed. And the godfather model, once dominant, has encountered resistance from the...