Opinion

You’re Impressed With Enugu Air? Well, ‘You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet’

You’re Impressed With Enugu Air? Well, ‘You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet’

By SHEDDY OZOENE Some colloquial statements find a way to creep into everyday use. The phrase, ‘You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet’ is one of those; it became a popular idiom in everyday usage largely due to its repeated use in popular music, entertainment and lately politics, where it gained traction for expressing the idea that something bigger, more surprising, or more impressive is still to come. In classical terms, it is a double negative, which we are taught is positive, but it has been understood for what it is. The Canadian Rock band, BTO, helped popularize it in the early…
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The Rotten Apples At Louis Edet House

The Rotten Apples At Louis Edet House

FESTUS ADEDAYO Sometime in the early 2000s, at the cusp of Tafa Balogun’s glory as the Inspector General of Police, an oil magnate from a Southwest riverine area was arrested. He was travelling into the state capital from his riverine part of the country. It was at nocturne. The oil magnate, who moved like an Oba, was in a convoy of cars. Inside the car was a falange of private security persons. They were armed to the teeth with sophisticated weapons. It was obvious that this Oba-like man was into oil bunkering as well. At a checkpoint, the police stopped…
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(OPINION) COALITION BEWARE : Tinubu Is Not Jonathan

(OPINION) COALITION BEWARE : Tinubu Is Not Jonathan

BY ABRAHAM OGBODO . The one that is already in and seated is called APC. The one that is outside and itching to be admitted to unseat the one that is seated is called ADC. The difference is in the displacement and replacement of letters P and D. On the surface, this distinction lacks the firmness to affect a clear choice. This means that either of the entities can go or stay, and nothing significant will be lost in content. It is the same as saying that if, per adventure, ADC replaces APC in 2027, it will look like replacing…
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Opinion: VP Shettima Must Not Be Underestimated

Opinion: VP Shettima Must Not Be Underestimated

By Jibreel Muhammad Babangoshi With what I saw from the VP yesterday, he’s ready to give it to Mr. President and the cabals with a bonus just like the Iranian Ballistic Missiles against Israel. Shettima is not a coward and does not look like one. He’s smart, intelligent, witty and outspoken. He’s a Kanuri man who endures for a year or two and it seems he’s ready for this cold war. He systematically opened a can of worms by attacking the first Nuclear facility (Rivers' State of Emergency and the Attorney General ) and I pray Mr. Wike will not…
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Sex Lives Of Circumcised Women

Sex Lives Of Circumcised Women

By OREVA GODWIN Female genital mutilation (FGM), also known as female circumcision, refers to all procedures involving partial or total removal of the female external genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. It is most often carried out on young girls between infancy and age 14. In every form in which it is practised, FGM is a violation of girls’ and women’s fundamental human rights, including their rights to health, security, and dignity. FGM has no health benefits and can lead to serious, long-term complications and even death. Immediate health risks include haemorrhage, shock, infection,…
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How Atiku, El-Rufai, Amaechi Can Learn From Tinubu’s School Of Politics

How Atiku, El-Rufai, Amaechi Can Learn From Tinubu’s School Of Politics

FESTUS ADEDAYO Power politics in the animal kingdom could be as intense, deceptive and selfish as it is in the human kingdom. An ancient African allegory whose patent cannot be credited to a particular tradition, illustrates this. It is the fable of an old forest warhorse, the lion. After years of feasting on animals, his mane soaked in their innocent blood, Old Lion became too senescent to haunt for games. Stricken with old age, diverse infirmities and unable to put food on his own table, the King decided to get food by subterfuge and trickery. Always by himself and soaked…
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Let’s Talk About Postpartum Depression

Let’s Talk About Postpartum Depression

By OREVA GODWIN I’m not a mother yet. I’ve never gone through the journey of pregnancy. They say you can’t relate to a pain you haven’t experienced. But do I really need to be a mother to talk about this topic? No, I don't think so. For as long as I'm able to research and speak with women who’ve gone through it and lived it as their reality. I can generate relevant questionnaires to understand the phenomenon better. I must admit however, that as a young woman considering motherhood, it’s terrifying experience to confront. I once told my family that…
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Senator Dickson And The Rivers NASS Caucus

Senator Dickson And The Rivers NASS Caucus

BY ABRAHAM OGBODO There are a few idiomatic expressions around the Catholic Church and the Pope. And that is because the Catholic institutions have endured long enough to constitute part of global folklores. For instance, when cause and reaction are disproportional, there is a description for it that touches on Catholicism and the Pontiff. This is when the man or woman involved is advised not to be more Catholic than the Pope. Listeners will understand at once that the fellow is seeking to be more concerned than he or she that is actually concerned in the matter under review. The…
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TINUBU: No Champion Changes A Winning Formula

TINUBU: No Champion Changes A Winning Formula

BY ABRAHAM OGBODO There is something in theology called anthropomorphism . It happens when God assumes the attributes of a human. I can supply an instance right away. Turn to Chapter 3 of the Book of Genesis and read from verses 8 to 10. It says God came down from heaven to the Garden of Eden and was pacing about the beautiful garden in the cool of the evening searching for Adam who was nowhere to be found. Having tasted the forbidden fruit, Adam, the only man that came by the direct creation of God, realised he was naked and…
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A Season Of Political Divorces, From Lagos To Washington

A Season Of Political Divorces, From Lagos To Washington

By SHEDDY OZOENE This is a season of political divorces, that strange separation of godsons from their godfathers and the end to political alliances between people of like interests. The events of the last two weeks were quite revealing, from the rift that blew open in the political relationship between Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu and the governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu Lagos in Nigeria to collapse in the political romance between US President Donald Trump and billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk in the United States.  The former is more of a godfather and godson relationship, while the later is/was…
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