A Rape Story
By Ikechukwu Chukwudi She begins to call you father when her father tells her that where you are, good counsel can't be farther, She trusts in the wisdom of her mother, becoming more comfy in…
Category: Special Report
NEWS FEATURE – COVID-19: Poor funding, lackluster policy may thwart indigenous cure efforts
By Tony Iyare In spite of the avowed resolve by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari to check the spread of Coronavirus, inadequate funds and lack of a clear cut policy on the use of…
OPINION: BUHARI’S PHONY GALLANTRY: Tony Enahoro: A noble life of state pardons (1)
Late Adolor of Esanland, Chief Tony Enahoro. By Peter Enahoro Older heads in the Enahoro clan know enough about political state pardons not to get excited by it. It is not a pension annuity, not…
The world’s future in four verses
Robin Schumacher By Robin Schumacher, Voices Contributor Despite the best effort of critics to challenge the authorship and re-date the Old Testament book of Daniel to something written after the events that were prophesied in…
Independence without difficulties is a dream of utopia
(Time Magazine - Monday, Nov. 10, 1958) A FLASHBACK For one month, delighted Londoners watched the 80 ceremonially dressed Nigerians—some with necklaces of animal teeth, others with feathered straw hats, at least one with a…
Understanding Okowa’s giant strides in Delta
By Charles Aniagwu For a better appreciation of the good works of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s administration in Delta State, it will be rational to assess his stewardship from the standpoint of the nation’s economic adversities…
Curtain draws on the 6th Assembly of Delta House legislative House, Erijo, Mayuku, Omovie take their exit
Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly. By Chukwudi Abiandu The curtain was this afternoon drawn on the activities of the Sixth Assembly of the Delta state House of Assembly after…
Ekumeku War: Anioma uprising against British Rule
Mr. Tony Eluemunor By Tony Eluemunor The philosophical novel, Ambiguous Adventure by Cheikh Hamidou Kane, a Senegalese, condemned colonialism thus: “The morning of the Occident in Africa was couched in crimson for those who…
Sustainable development Goals: Building a synergy between civil society organizations and the Delta State Government
By Richard Akinnola II (Being the presentation of RICHARD AKINNOLA, Director, Media Law Centre at a Summit organised by the Delta State government to commemorate the World Human Rights Day, December 10, 2018). INTRODUCTION A…
Portrait of the tiger Ambode rode
Bola Tinubu, left, and Governor Akinwunmi Ambode. Photo: Courtesy Vanguard By Yinka Odumakin LOUIS XIV was King of France for 72 years and 110 days and became the most powerful French monarch who consolidated a…