In politics, as in life, pride may rise, but history, and scripture, reminds us that it can also fall. Leaders who internalize this lesson do not...
Governor Fubara’s insistence on fiscal discipline may disrupt entrenched arrangements, but disruption is sometimes the price of reform. Independence is not insubordination. Prudence is not rebellion....
While politicians posture, Nigerians are trying to understand a new tax regime, rising costs, shrinking incomes, and policy explanations that sound more academic than humane. Economic...
Nigerian politics has produced a number of queer politicians and their absurd politics. One was Chief S. L. Akintola, the polyglot. S.L’s biting tongue was like...
Nigeria cannot afford a perpetual campaign cycle. The country is grappling with economic hardship, insecurity, and institutional fatigue. This is the time for governance, not grandstanding....
What Wike, Fubara, and the lawmakers have done, collectively and individually, is to tell Nigerians that the President can speak, but they will decide whether his...
The message is simple: Rivers’ development cannot wait for political egos to reconcile. Every day spent in this stalemate is a day lost for roads that...
What Rivers State – and Nigeria – desperately need is not new godfathers, new bargains, or new scandals. They need leaders with spines. They need politics...
Nigeria today is tense enough without leaders adding gasoline to every disagreement. The country is fatigued by conflict politics. There is a growing hunger for statesmanship,...
The Fubara impeachment saga is not just a Rivers story. It reflects a broader national problem: the weakness of institutions in the face of personal power....