Call It Accountability Week
The past one week has been very exhilarating for me for one major reason. How our representatives have unleashed their media aides to give account of their various constituency interventions and projects. The week can rightly be called “accountability week”…
Anambra State Homeland Security Law 2025, And The Hypocrisy Of Soludo…
The Anambra State Homeland Security Law 2025, which was recently signed by Governor Charles Soludo, is one legislation that is not only provocative, but can best be described as a piece of non-sense that lacked consultation because their target is…
64th Independence Anniversary – There Is No Light In This Tunnel
Congratulations to Nigeria and Nigerians today as we celebrate the 64th anniversary of our independence from the British crown. According to many credible sources listed at the end of this article, electricity generation in Nigeria began in the Lagos province…
Sunday Musings: So That The Humans Of Earth May Understand
Humans have always wanted to know how existence began. Different cultures have their own diverse stories to explain it. And all these explanations, drenched in their cultural marginality, are written into sacred texts and considered divinely inspired and true. Usually,…
Death In Jail, A Call To Action…
Two awaiting trial inmates in Afokang Prison, in Calabar, Mr. Ntiero Effiong and Mr. Okon Eke, died two Wednesdays ago in their cells due to illnesses related to malnutrition. Another awaiting trial inmate died today Sunday in Cell A1, a…
Obudu LGA Chairman, Do You Still Want To Run?
Our Governor has given assurances that Local Government Area (LGA) elections will soon be conducted in Cross River State. He has also indicated that he will like to see people who are humble and desirous of serving their people emerge…
Sweden, A Nation With “No Excellencies…”
Did you know that, Sweden, a Scandinavian nation that transformed itself from an impoverished, agricultural society into one of the wealthiest, most socially just and least corrupt countries in the world, is a nation with ‘no excellencies?’ How did a…
Do Protests Change Anything?
Kenya said they needed more money and wanted to increase taxes. The Kenyan government proposed raising US$2.7 billion by increasing taxes on essential goods and services, from cooking oil to bread. The bill also targeted digital revenue, where the bulk…
Weaponization Of Poverty
Once, I attended an ANPP (All Progressives Peoples Party) campaign event in Maidugri as a journalist and was privileged to be in the Governor’s convoy. The Governor then was ANPP. He was in company of a former National Chairman of…
Do We Vote For Development Or For Palliatives?
Let me start by defining what palliative is. “A medicine or form of medical care that relieves symptoms without dealing with the cause of the condition.” If you are 30yrs today, and politically active, and commenting on social media, that…
Are More Marriages Really Breaking?
According to the United Nations statistics, there are an estimated one billion married couples in the world as of 2021. One billion. Keep that in mind! The latest official figures from the National Bureau of Statistics in Nigeria, show that,…
