Daily Query

By Basil Okoh Most Delta politicians are leeches. They attach themselves to hosts, usually the Delta State governor, local government chairmen or legislature and begin to suck lifeblood out of their offices. They eschew risks and uncertainties, the reason they follow the

Nigerians may be hard-pressed but military takeover of power must be left out of their options, writes *MONDAY PHILIPS EKPE*_ Dateline: April 22, 1990; Lagos, Nigeria. It was a Sunday. I left my house in Ojodu early in the morning for my

By Citizen Bolaji O. Akinyemi Apostle & Nation Builder This is an advisory note to a nation in despair, led by men who carry on as if nothing is wrong, when the hope they promised still seems far — very far

In Nigeria’s long, troubled dance between faith and politics, few figures have walked the moral tightrope as boldly and as controversially as Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese. Once celebrated as a fearless conscience of the nation, Kukah’s

By Duruebube ‘Oblong’ Chimazuru Nnadi-Oforgu FOR years, Nigerians have been told half-truths about port development, dredging costs, and economic feasibility. But a closer look reveals something more sinister: a deliberate, well-orchestrated strategy to centralize Nigeria’s maritime economy around Lagos, keeping the South-South