OPINION: SHIFT TOWARD’S DOMESTIC TOURISM: GAME CHANGER IN POST-COVID-19 RECOVERY
For decades, tourism has remained a major contributor to the GDP of African economies. In 2019, the industry accounted for about seven percent of...
OPINION: NIGERIA’S PRESIDENTIAL FLAG-BEARERS AND ROAD TO 2023
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)-monitored presidential primaries have come and gone and, as the saying goes, the rest is history. With various candidates...
OPINION: DELTA STATE DEPUTY GOVERNORSHIP AND CHRISTOPHER OCHOR’S COMPETENCE
It is no longer news that the Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Chief Sheriff Oborevwori, has emerged the governorship candidate of...
OPINION: PLACE OF DEVELOPMENT INFASTRUCTURE IN DEMOCRATIC NIGERIA
Democracy Day is observed throughout Nigeria to commemorate the restoration of democracy in the country in 1999. It has become an annual event since....
OPINION: BEFORE IGINI DESTROYS AKWA IBOM
I do not know what drives Mike Igini, the Akwa Ibom State Resident Commissioner of INEC. But I know that whatever it is, is...
OPINION: PRESERVING ECOSYSTEM FROM DESTRUCTIVE HUMAN ACTIVITIES
The global community on Wednesday June 8 celebrated World Ocean Day, which was first declared in 1992 after the United Nations (UN) Conference on...
OPINION: THE SIMON LALONG WE DO NOT KNOW
The mention of the name Simon Bako Lalong simply evokes different feelings and meanings to different people.
Whenever Lalong is mentioned, the name resonates in...
OPINION: AKPABIO AND HIS UNCOMMON DECISION FOR RETURN OF POWER TO SOUTH
I have been Senator Godswill Akpabio's personal aide for close to 12 years now. I know his thoughts about Nigeria and Nigerians. He sees...
OPINION: MKPETI ITAM, MY VILLAGE
A narrative in nostalgia.
The memory of this my village always evokes reverberated nostalgic feelings in me. The village is predominantly populated by folks of...
OPINION: OKOWA’S LEADERSHIP CAPACITY AND A COMMENTATOR’S IGNORANCE
One inherent ‘sorrow’ associated with public leadership across the globe is that once a citizen is elevated to such a position, either through election...