A New Voice for Representation: Why Hon. Isa Nasidi is the Man For Doka Gabasawa Constituency in Kaduna North
In every election cycle, constituencies search for leaders who possess not only ambition but also the experience, exposure, and commitment required to translate public trust into meaningful representation. For the people of Kaduna North/Doka Gabasawa, one name increasingly resonating in…
Okpebholo’s Hands-On Governance: A Model of People-Centered Leadership
By Dr. Patrick Akhere Ebojele Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo’s decision to join protesting residents in Benin City, recently,can be argued as offering a clear window into what scholars in the hereafter can describe as the populist character of…
OPINION: Governor Okpebholo’s Development Doctrine Prioritises Partnership Over Politics
By Dr Patrick Akhere Ebojele At the weekend, Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo stood before dignitaries at Edo State Polytechnic, Usen, to commission the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC)–facilitated internal road network. But he did more than cut tape…
OPINION: What Edo People’s Cheers Mean for Governor Okpebholo’s Infrastructure Plan
By Patrick Akhere Ebojele, PhD When Edo residents line the streets, to wave, chant; and applaud during Governor Monday Okpebholo’s project inspection, it is no longer a routine spectacle. It is civic feedback in its purest form. The repeated scenes…
2027 Is Coming; And So Is Nigeria’s Old Looting Playbook
As the 2027 general elections approaches, Nigerians mush know it did not stumble into decline; it was marched there by policy choices, political indifference, and a decade of squandered opportunity. When the All Progressives Congress (APC) assumed power after the…
Amnesty for Bandits and the Path of Doom
By Israel Adebiyi In an animal village long lost to history, chickens lived under constant siege. Hawks had taken over the skies and terrorised the land. They came at will, snatching chickens from their homes, carrying them off in broad…
Rivers’ Landlord and His Children of Perdition
By Israel Adebiyi Growing up was a harvest of experiences. Some sweet, some embarrassing, some painful enough to leave permanent lessons. Childhood is that fragile season where curiosity often runs ahead of wisdom, and where a firm hand, when it…
New Tax Law: Who go Explain Tire?
By Israel Adebiyi Ke re o! Ke re o!! Ke re o!!! Ki eku ile gbo, ko so fun to ko o. Mr. President has been emphatic. Just as he insisted when he said “subsidy is gone”, he has said…
Illegality of the New Tax Law in Nigeria and Why Due Process Must Prevail
by Paul Okojie By any objective legal standard, a tax law derives its authority not from government declarations or administrative enforcement, but from strict compliance with constitutional and legislative procedures. The ongoing controversy surrounding the newly introduced tax law raises…
OKPEBHOLO’S ANTI-CULTISM WAR PREVAILS
By Kassim Afegbua For the first time in nine years, Christmas celebrations in Benin City and other major towns across Edo State passed without the familiar stain of bloodshed. The 2025 yuletide marked a historic turning point, offering residents and…