People&#38;Politics

The Log In America’s Eye

By AZU ISHIEKWENE Apart from tariffs, another word that the Trump presidency is fond of is genocide. First, it was South Africa. During South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s visit to the White House last May, President Donald Trump played a video suggesting that white South Africans were under genocidal attack. It was a fake video, of course, but Ramaphosa couldn’t convince Trump. Instead of looking at Gaza, where the world has serious concerns about genocide, Trump’s fellow Republicans have now turned their attention to Nigeria, requesting Congress to call out the Nigerian government on charges of genocide against Christians. It’s…

Oct

2025

Alex Otti: Taking Governance To The People

Otti has proved by his actions in office that he appreciates what political scientists call the four “Ps of Governance” – Purpose, People, Process, and Performance. He has proved beyond doubt that he has both moral clarity and effective, honest execution in leadership, thus underscoring Narendra Modi, India Prime Minister’s quip that, “Good governance with good intentions is the hallmark of our government. Implementation with integrity is our core passion.” He does not only have good intentions for Abians as clearly manifested in the projects he is executing, but in implementing his policies and programmes, he has done so with…

Oct

2025

As President Tinubu Continues To Level The Field

Opinion, Politics

By SHEDDY OZOENE We are gradually getting close. The stumbling blocks that stood in the way of a seamless re-election for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu are being steadily dismantled. What seemed, only months ago, like a discordant orchestra of voices within the Nigerian political space is gradually being tuned into harmony and the political establishment is increasingly being united in words, in actions, and in purpose, towards a single end: to queue behind Tinubu and sing his praises into 2027. President Tinubu has, quite ironically, become the beautiful bride of Nigerian politics. Even as his administration reels under fierce criticism…

Oct

2025

Why Most Women Fake Orgasm

By OREVA GODWIN I am a very bold and audacious young lady. Anybody who has met me in person knows I don’t tolerate nonsense. I’m blunt to a fault, sometimes too blunt for my own good. I don’t shy away from expressing myself or calling out what I disapprove of. So naturally, I ask myself: why would I, Oreva, fake an orgasm? Why can’t I be bold enough to tell my partner how to touch me, ride me, or please me so I can have orgasm? Why can’t I just say plainly, “this sex is bad, and we need to…

Oct

2025

Reps Demand Transparency and Accountability From ACRESAL Coordinator, Abduhamid Umar

News

House of Representatives Committee on Environment has demanded the immediate submission of counterpart funding details from the project coordinator of Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes, Abduhamid Umar. They are also to submit project plans and sites to enable the committee track them while carrying out their oversight functions. This is contained in a statement in Abuja on Thursday by Chooks Oko, Head of Media for the House Committee on Environment Speaking in Abuja on Thursday, Rep Mike Etaba, Chairman of the Committee Committee noted that it has become imperative to visit the project sites to immediately confirm that the purpose…

Oct

2025

Of Trump, Peace Deals And The Day After

By AZU ISHIEKWENE US President Donald Trump may be getting ahead of himself with the encouraging signs that, following the ceasefire in Gaza, the world might have another opportunity to end the Middle East crisis, one of the world’s longest-running conflicts. It was a conflict in which Trump took sides with Israel – vetoing resolutions at the UN, supporting Israeli attacks on sovereign states, including Iran, Yemen, Lebanon, Syria, and feigning ignorance of the attack on Qatar. It seemed no price was too high to “cleanse” Gaza and relocate Gazans away from their homeland to create a nice piece of…

Oct

2025

INTIMATE AFFAIRS: When Forgiveness Is Hard (2)

By FUNKE EGBEMODE She was popularly called Mama Iyabo. Her husband threw her out of their matrimonial home 15 years ago, along with her three children, after 15 years of marriage. “I had earlier heard rumours about my husband and another woman. I knew he had girlfriends. He was doing well and living it up, though he took care of the home front. But one day, like a man in a trance or one in the firm grip of a spell, he threw me and my children out. He said he was done with me and my ‘bush ways’. He said…

Oct

2025

Let’s Encourage Tinubu To Practice Democracy

Opinion, Politics

BY ABRAHAM OGBODO We have a responsibility to assist President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to practise democracy. We are doing as if a failure is Tinubu’s personal failure. It is not. I have lived through four republics in Nigeria. And that is because politicians have not mastered how to care for a republic. Each, since the first republic started in 1963, had come with a new challenge. The ongoing dispensation which started on May 29, 1999 is the fourth republic. It is the fourth time that we are doing this thing called general elections, in every four years, to recruit leaders…

Oct

2025

Iyaloja-General At Oba of Benin’s Palace