Barely a week after the leadership of the National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) threatened to push for the relocation of the Federal Polytechnic, Ekowe, Bayelsa State, stakeholders have ...

In this essay, I use “akwa isiagụ” as metaphor to illustrate that Igbos have not done exactly well to preserve their language and culture. I posit they have abandoned their unique cultural symbol.

What began as a noble mission to restore one of Nigeria’s most storied boarding schools has devolved into a bitter struggle over power, land, and legacy. Today, alumni of Government College Umuahia — ...

Despite the claim by the Nigerian Army early last December that they have combated oil theft and degraded criminal elements in Akwa Ibom state, the menace of oil theft is still thriving in the state.

Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, CDHR, and the Community Development Committees of Niger Delta Oil and Gas Producing Areas, CDC, have called on the federal government to sanction any oil ...

Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa has called for sweeping revisions to Nigeria’s landmark Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), describing the legislation as a “time bomb” that risks inflaming tensions in ...

In a pioneering effort to strengthen climate action advocacy in Nigeria’s oil-producing communities, the Media Awareness and Justice Initiative (MAJI) has begun deploying 200 air quality monitoring ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday conducted by-elections across 16 constituencies in 13 states, including prominent elections in Edo and Enugu. These elections were ...

Under the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme, I served as Special Assistant to Secretary to the Government of Rivers State (SASG) as my primary assignment. That commenced in November 1979, ...

Nigeria’s efforts to achieve a sustainable energy future will deliver the desired results if she introduces the right polices and deploys fit-for-purpose technology, while at the same time developing ...

The Community Environment and Development Network (CEDEN) has called for the restoration of species lost to decades of oil pollution around Nigeria’s first oilfield in Bayelsa State. Mr Menidin Egbo, ...

When Nigerians quip that “Nigeria can happen to anybody,” it is often shrugged off as a cliché. But beneath that phrase lies a deep and bitter truth, a chilling reality that becomes more apparent when ...