Wole Soyinka and the Critic’s Creed
Place a scorpion in the paths of those chasing rats. They will forget the rat and chase the scorpion. Now, you throw a snake in their path. As one chases the snake, we can smuggle an elephant under his nose…
May Prince Otu Weather The Herculean Start…
The spotlight has shifted to the Cross River State Governor-Elect already. Expectedly, Prince Otu’s residence is the new mill for those who earn a living only from government house. With only 50 days to go, the incumbent governor is spent…
10 Reasons: Why I Preferred Prison To Police Detention
These things don’t happen in your regular Police detention. Now you see why I preferred prison ba? Yours sincerely,Citizen Agba Jalingo. StreetReporters.ng
Nigeria and Lagos; No Man’s Land
By Prince Charles Dickson A sage presented a prince with a set of three small dolls. The prince was not amused. “Am I a girl that you give me dolls?” he asked. “This is a gift for a future king,”…
Emi LoKan: The Kingmakers Mounts The Throne
By Suleiman Abdul-Azeez Abbah When Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu squarely beat all his opponents at the primary election for the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC), most discerning Nigerians knew there was no stopping him proving his now…
Letter To Governor Wike Over Alleged Gruesome Murder of Simon Ihuarulam By Rivers Taskforce
24/03/2023 The Office of the Governor of Rivers State, His Excellency, Chief Barr. Nyesom Ezenwonye Wike, Executive Governor of Rivers State, Government House, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Sir, NOTICE OF THE GRUESOME MURDER OF MR. SIMON IHUARULAM BY OFFICERS OF…
The Moral Burden of National Security
By Dr Ody Ajike Esq. National security is the protection of the people, preservation of national values, ensuring the protection and furtherance of the national socio-economic and political prosperity and the protection of the abstract State. No State has a…
Nigeria’s Naira Redesign: Avarice Versus Envy
By Prince Charles Dickson An Illusion Shared By Everyone Becomes A Reality — Erich Fromm Two neighbours came before Jupiter and prayed to him to grant their hearts’ desire. Now the one was full of avarice, and the other ate…
An Eagle Called BAT
By Dr Timothy Oladele Gold The acronym B.A.T which stands for Bola Ahmed Tinubu is a spelling of a bird that is phenomenal in nature thus, it is both rat and bird. Fusing the two words for philology, one may…
Misunderstanding the Nigerian Understanding
By Prince Charles Dickson Let Us Forget Our Differences — Dr. Azikwe Let Us Understand Our Difference — Ahmadu Bello Let Us Understand the Misunderstandings Of Our Differences — AbdulBalogun Chukwudi “Misunderstanding the understanding” can refer to a situation where…
Free Your Mind, Do Not Align With Hypocrites
I do not know why people are hypocritical and do not fear their conscience when they embark on telling lies. Especially the one that dwells on how Mr. Peter Obi of the Labour Party used religion and ethnicity during the…
