There is an anti-climax to the planned resignation of the Deputy-Governor of Benue State, Dr. Sam Ode. Instead of resigning as planned during the week, Dr Ode turned up at what was called a... Read more
Idomaland is still in the news as the Benue Rebirth Movement (BRM), the most active platform speaking for the Idoma ethnic group, has formally written to President Bola Tinubu, full of appre... Read more
The Idoma nation (this word again?) was expecting that one of President Tinubu’s ministers would come from that stock. That did not happen. For an ethnic minority which has, however, been hi... Read more
One question that dominated at the presentation of Zainab Usman’s book on Diversification of the Nigerian Economy on May 14th, 2023, is why the Nigerian elite has not been able to transform... Read more
Dear Mister President, Permit me, Mister President, to cut off the congratulations from this epistle. Apart from Cardinal Onaiyekan’s moratorium on that, (about which Senator George Akume ha... Read more
Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) is, unlike Atiku Abubakar, his counterpart from the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) obvio... Read more
Reading the text of Senator George Akume’s press conference containing critical allegations against Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State in Abuja on August 30th, 2021, one finds illustration... Read more
Six Local Government Chairmen who have been on suspension for alleged financial improprieties have got another three more months to be away from office in Benue State. The State House of Ass... Read more
It is a headline writer’s nightmare. “The Democratic Dilemma of the Benue People” won’t be a bad idea just as “Benue’s Mother of all Battles” would equally be a perfect fit. “The Impending C... Read more
The struggle for power in Nigeria has now shifted from balloting to jaw-jawing before it most likely gets to the courts. In this piece, an APC cadre is rolling up the sleeves for his party,... Read more
