Nigeria’s Oil-Block Deadline: Enforcement, Investor Credibility and the Road to First Oil
By Sola Adebawo In Nigeria’s latest petroleum licensing round, winning an oil block may prove easier than keeping…
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Unyime Idem: From Barbing Clippers To National Assembly Gavel
A story of humble beginnings, enterprise, resilience and a new imagination of what public service can become ~John…
Recurring Landslides In Cross River State :- Time For Accountability In The Management Of Ecological Funds
The increasing frequency of landslides and other ecological disasters across Cross River State has become a matter of…
The Ogonis and Rivers State: A Time for Honest Reflection
A statement from the Rivers Progressives’ Network — Port Harcourt, 31 July 2026 The Ogoni people, spread across…
From Classrooms to Companies: Why Universities Must Become Africa’s New Industrial Policy
By Sola Adebawo Africa is home to the world’s youngest population, yet it accounts for only a modest…
The Nigeria that qualified for the World Cup without qualifying
The frenzy of the 2026 World Cup has unarguably formed the headlines of many media outlets. For the…
When Africans Become Foreigners in Africa:
Xenophobia, Economic Failure and the Unfinished African Project By Sola Adebawo Few stories capture the contradiction of African…
The PFIPC Scandal And The Urgent Reforms Required
By Tunde Rahman When Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew walked into Phase III Section of the Federal Secretariat in…
How APC Govt Has Failed On Calabar-Itu Highway, Nine Years After
By Tom FredFish The condition of the Calabar-Itu Highway has, for many years, represented one of the most…
In Next To Silence, Corruption, Societal Injustice On The Front Burner
When “All good books have one thing in common they are truer than if they had really happened.”…