By Ebuka Ukoh Every new year carries a promise. But some carry an instruction. Twenty-twenty-six arrives not as a whisper but as a charge. It asks a simple question. What are you spreading? Ideas spread. Attitudes spread. Courage spreads. Fear spreads. Excellence spreads. Neglect spreads. A nation does not change
By Ebojele Akhere Patrick PhD Budgets are often judged by figures and projections, but their true meaning lies in what people can see, feel and experience in their daily lives. A close look at Edo State’s 2025 budget performance, compared with the 2024 exit budget of the previous administration, shows
By Chris Akhabue The realm of Social Media is rife with superfluous lamentations of inexperienced commentators bemoaning the sack of Fred Itua, the former Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the Executive Governor of Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo. Two of such misleading conjectures caught my attention. One of the baseless
By Ebojele Patrick Since taking office in November 2024, Edo State Governor Senator Monday Okpebholo has made the security of lives and property a central pillar of his administration. With a series of bold and strategic moves, the governor has signaled that Edo is a state where criminality will not
By Ebuka Ukoh Nigeria surprises people who believe leadership involves duty. You watch a government hold an economic summit in a state that struggles with security. Then, you see who gets invited to headline it: The UK’s ex-Prime Minister arrives to applause, photo ops, and VIP escorts. That spectacle passes
By Okon Offiong The recent directive by Governor Umo Eno, prohibiting Ekpo masquerade activities across Akwa Ibom State, has generated widespread concern among cultural custodians, traditionalists, and lovers of heritage at home and in the diaspora. More than a mere administrative decision, the ban strikes at the heart of a
Benjamin Umoru The Nigerian insurgency became active in 2009 and has become one of the most economically damaging conflicts in Nigeria’s modern history. While its human toll is severe, the economic consequences, both immediate and long-term, are equally profound. The violence has disrupted local production, weakened national revenue streams, discouraged
By Benjamin Umoru For decades, Nigeria, Africa’s largest crude oil producer has faced the paradox of exporting crude oil while importing refined products at great cost. This dependence on importation has heavily drained the nation’s foreign reserves, distorted fuel pricing, and made the economy vulnerable to global oil market fluctuations.
By Ken Harries, Esq Peace is the foundation of every prosperous society and few Nigerian leaders have pursued it with the consistency and conviction of Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, President of the Tenth Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. From his earliest days in public service to his current
Comments at the Launch of the ACIN 2025 World Report on Religious Freedom in the World.A Plea & Testimony from Nigeria By Matthew Hassan Kukah, Bishop, Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Nigeria, Delivered at the Augustinianum Hall, on October 21st, 2021, Vatican City. The report itself is a huge document of