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By Kazie Uko

Expectedly, the red carpets, the drums, the trumpets, and all the other instruments of celebration have been rolled out. Likewise, the air waves, the newspaper pages, and the social media platforms are saturated with all kinds of goodwill messages. Visitors - family, friends, foes, favour finders, political loyalists and associates - are beseiging the sleepy Umuehim, Nvosi community of Isialangwa South, which has, incidentally, become the seat of government.

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By Onjefu Okidu

Since his governorship days, the former Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has been well known for his antics of pitching bloodletting in the state to cultivate cheap blackmail and political space. Accordingly, his voice has grown to the highest pitch since he left power in May 2023, recklessly aiming at Governor Hyacinth Alia’s government. With the recent spate of killings in the state, he has stepped up his game time and again! The good thing is that an overwhelming people of Benue State already know that Ortom’s wolf-crying over killings in the state simply signposts, as usual, his use of bloodletting to preserve his political purposes and goals. The coming of Alia has further opened their eyes to the hitherto unseen.

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By Azu Ishiekwene

Many years ago, when my son was completing paperwork for a job with the Lagos State government, he was required to fill out a form that included his State of Origin. He paused.

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By Dr Olukayode Ajulo

Today, I join the countless voices across our land in mourning the irreplaceable loss of a towering statesman, a remarkable visionary, an unwavering defender of justice, and an uncompromising advocate for truth, Chief Ayo Adebanjo. His life was an embodiment of courage, an unyielding commitment to the Yoruba cause, and later, an expansive vision for a just and equitable Nigeria- a steadfast advocate for the Yoruba people and later a pan Nigeria advocate. His words carried the weight of history, and his actions blazed a trail for those of us who dared to dream of a better society.

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By Azu Ishiekwene

Many Nigerians experience visa refusal daily. They don’t need the National Security Adviser, Malam Nuhu Ribadu, to invoke hell against any country to make the point.

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By Bola Bolawole

Those who insist that 16-year-olds are old enough to qualify for admission into our institutions of higher learning - if they satisfy other criteria - may have won the battle for now, but the controversy over this very sensitive issue is far from being over yet! Not only are the arguments against 16 years unassailable, the law, as it is, is on the side of those rooting for 18 years as the minimum required age for admission into our institutions of higher learning - making exceptions, though, for specially-gifted candidates who are usually far in-between.

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