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...
In the interest of Nigeria’s democracy, the Senate should, as a matter of urgency, take up and pass the pending Electoral Act Amendment Bill. Doing so...
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...
Ultimately, the passport office visit illustrates the inseparable nature of ethics and action. Leadership is demonstrated in choices that restore trust, affirm dignity, and protect citizens’...
Governor Siminalayi Fubara may not be perfect. No leader is. But impeachment is not a weapon to be deployed at will, especially not as an instrument...
Nigeria’s rising loan defaults are not merely an economic statistic; they are a governance signal. They reflect a system under stress, yes, but also one still...
When those who occupy Nigeria’s corridors of power sit to devise means of dealing with the mass murmur of discontent concerning the new tax laws, they...
Even Nigerians living in the so-called cities and state capitals have to add a niggling worry for their safety to the backbreaking stress that is a...
In the end, the elders remind us, a child who refuses to stop crying may not be in pain anymore; he may simply have grown addicted...