By Chris Osa Nehikhare For over 48 hours, Edo State has reportedly been plunged into darkness following industrial action by workers’ unions at the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC). Homes….
By Senator (Elder) Odion Ugbesia Politics is ultimately about people, and people are complicated. After many decades in Nigerian public life, I have come to realise that politics cannot be….
By Festus Amadasun University trains Builders, but where will its graduates practise? The recent recruitment advertisement by the University of Benin (UNIBEN), published in The Nation newspaper on Thursday, August….
My heart echoes, but too distant for the ears to hear! And you may ask, “which ears?” – The ears of those saddled with the responsibility and power to implement….
A Personal Reminiscence On 27th August 2026, Edo State will mark the 35th anniversary of its creation. For me, this anniversary is more than a celebration of the existence of….
By Chris Osa Nehikhare There are some people you meet in life not because you always agree with them, but because your convictions repeatedly place you on opposite sides of….
By Saintmoses Eromosele (SME) Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, is not just another public institution. It is the intellectual pride of Esanland, the legacy of Professor Ambrose Folorunsho Alli, and one….
A final decision has reportedly been reached by the leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on who will fly the party’s ticket for the Edo Central Senatorial seat comes….
By DAN Osa-Ogbegie, Esq. For decades, Edo politics remained trapped within a narrow and predictable cycle of political recycling. The same ageing actors moved endlessly from one office to another,….
By Dr. Patrick Akhere Ebojele The recent engagement between the administration of Governor Monday Okpebholo and the Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers (NALPGAM) may have appeared to many….
