In fact, Rivers does not need another cautionary tale. Nigeria has enough. The message is simple and urgent: “learn from Edo, or repeat Edo”. The first...
There is an old African warning that fits perfectly into the chaos currently consuming Rivers State: “When a palm kernel is jumping and flying when struck...
Until Nigeria resolves this contradiction, between the godfather’s definition of loyalty and its true meaning, the cycle will persist. Governors will be judged by obedience, not...
The Tower of Babel was abandoned, unfinished and forgotten, because its builders lost the ability to move together. Rivers’ impeachment plot is heading the same way,...
For instance if the APC chooses to hand Fubara a second term ticket, Wike may not be able to stop it. That is why Wike has...
It is said that he had made moves to drift to the APC but was rejected. There was a protest in Abuja last week and in...
Courts have stopped impeachments before. Courts have reversed impeachments before. Courts will intervene again if the process against Governor Siminalayi Fubara violates the Constitution. Pretending otherwise...
Wike, like every public official, will do what power allows him to do. He will dominate the space if given the room. The greater blame, therefore,...
It is indeed sad that Rivers State is at war with itself. But sadness does not have to become destiny. The warning has been sounded, repeatedly...
If impeachment must happen, it must be done right, soberly, transparently, and with unmistakable constitutional justification. What Rivers is currently witnessing is the opposite. And that...