Election 2023 and the ‘Saint’ Jonathan anecdote
ELECTION 2023 AND THE 'SAINT' JONATHAN ANECDOTE BY DR. GODKNOWS IGALI The phone rang twice, and the unusually soft voice...
Opinion
Nigeria Election 2023: Gains and pains of democracy
Nigeria Election 2023: Gains and pains of democracy By Asiayei Enaibo With different manifestos, with different promises to even the...
19 years later, I remind Nigerians of A.K. Dikibo
19 years later, I remind Nigerians of A.K. Dikibo By Tony Eluemunor Hey, what has happened to the panel which...
Pre-burial note of gratitude to High Chief Tompolo and to His Excellency Otuaro
PRE-BURIAL NOTE OF GRATITUDE TO HIGH CHIEF TOMPOLO AND TO HIS EXCELLENCY OTUARO BY EKANPOU ENEWARIDIDEKE Because Tompolo believed in...
The life journey of Timiebi Maika Ekanpou: The storied storyteller philosopher
The life journey of Timiebi Maika Ekanpou: The storied storyteller philosopher BY EKANPOU ENEWARIDIDEKE Timiebi the storied story teller philosopher...
The epistle to Tompolo and Otuaro
The epistle to Tompolo and Otuaro By Ekanpou Enewaredideke Telepathically these encryptions,20-1-21-2-1-TPQKBO-23, which bear resemblance to Jacques Sauniere's 'final communication'...
Climate Change: Between Harriman and Kayanja ideologies
Climate Change: Between Harriman and Kayanja Ideologies By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi The debate on climate change is among the most...
Resource curse and Niger Delta unending discourse
Resource curse and Niger Delta unending discourse By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi Gong by information at the public domain, a Warri...
Niger Delta Region: Still a Body without Soul
Niger Delta Region: Still a body without Soul By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi Despite President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent signing into law,...
Wole Soyinka and my disgruntlement
WOLE SOYINKA AND MY DISGRUNTLEMENT BY EKANPOU ENEWARIDIDEKE Dear Soyinka, I am disgruntled. Because I am disgruntled, I have decided...
Tompolo’s fight against oil theft, a snuff on the nose of Nigerians
Tompolo’s fight against oil theft, a snuff on the nose of Nigerians By Enaibo Asiayei For the bleeding economy to...
DESOPADEC and the Fifty Grass Cutting Machines
DESOPADEC and the Fifty Grass Cutting Machines By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi The recent news report that Delta State Oil Producing...
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s objectification of Timiebi
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's objectification of Timiebi BY EKANPOU ENEWARIDIDEKE The proverbially universal truth remains that it takes one brave act...
Nigeria At 62: Regime chain of corruption
Nigeria At 62: Regime chain of corruption By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi The word corruption came from the Latin word corruptus,...
Nigeria is really 62 years old, but where is the Niger Delta?
Nigeria is really 62 years old, but where is the Niger Delta? BY JESSICA EKON-AMIEYEGBA FEKE In Nigeria, crude oil...
Language activists and the retirement of Ijaw language
LANGUAGE ACTIVISTS AND THE RETIREMENT OF IJAW LANGUAGE "Izontu mi egberi mi mo ami na weri emi? Bele boseria kuro...
Nigeria at 62: A Reflection
Nigeria at 62: A Reflection By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi Going by historical events and developments starting from 1914, it is...
Education Sector and Nigeria’s Revolving Underdevelopment Doors
Education Sector and Nigeria’s Revolving Underdevelopment Doors By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi One recent occurrence that typifies the nations’ education sector...
The ill thoughts of Asupa and Pondi for each other
THE ILL THOUGHTS OF ASUPA AND PONDI FOR EACH OTHER BY EKANPOU ENEWARIDIDEKE Expectations have a life-span tied to humans....
Pipeline Surveillance Contract: Addressing Chief Ogbebor’s Case of Double Standard
Pipeline Surveillance Contract: Addressing Chief Ogbebor’s Case of Double Standard By Jacob Abai Chief Rita-Lori Ogbebor recent opposition to the...
Niger Delta region and report on Premature Rupture of Membranes (PROM)
Niger Delta region and report on Premature Rupture of Membranes (PROM) By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi I remember now with nostalgia...
X-Raying Dikio’s Two Years Administration As Presidential Amnesty Programme Boss
X-Raying Dikio’s Two Years Administration As Presidential Amnesty Programme Boss By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi About two years ago, when President...
Gesi’s handshake with Tompolo
GESI'S HANDSHAKE WITH TOMPOLO BY EKANPOU ENEWARIDIDEKE The world is the designated place of peaceful cohabitation where people do travel...
Addressing Warri poor sanitation and deplorable state of Effurun roundabout
Addressing Warri poor sanitation and deplorable state of Effurun roundabout By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi Going by recent commentaries about the...
The Choice of Chief Timipre Sylva, as Niger Delta Man of the Year 2022
The Choice of Chief Timipre Sylva, as Niger Delta Man of the Year 2022 By Jacob Abai The GbaramatuVoice 7th...
That Timiebi decorated with lies and truths
THAT TIMIEBI DECORATED WITH LIES AND TRUTHS BY EKANPOU ENEWARIDIDEKE History is a vagabond generally regarded by everybody as a...
Tompolo and Penawou’s divergence and convergence
TOMPOLO AND PENAWOU'S DIVERGENCE AND CONVERGENCE BY EKANPOU EENEWARIDIDEKE Three times the cock has just crowed signalling a stainless dawn....
Adventure, thrill on the water to Gbaramatu
Adventure, thrill on the water to Gbaramatu By Fejiro Jimitota It was yet another busy morning and day in the...
The Niger Delta Presidential Amnesty Programme Life Circle
The Niger Delta Presidential Amnesty Programme Life Circle By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi On 25 June 2009, President Umoru Yar’Adua (now...
Pipelines Surveillance Contract: Why Tompolo Is Suitable
Pipelines Surveillance Contract: Why Tompolo Is Suitable By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi It is common knowledge that the Nigerian economy has...
Oyoko Primary School Saga: Matters Arising
Oyoko Primary School Saga: Matters Arising By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi The barrage of reactions and commentaries that trailed the recently...
Oyoko Primary School: An Avoidable Saga
Oyoko Primary School: An Avoidable Saga By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi As a background to this piece, it is important to...
Timiebi’s first thoughts of lamentation from prison
TIMIEBI'S FIRST THOUGHTS OF LAMENTATION FROM PRISON BY EKANPOU ENEWARIDIDEKE Catapulted by numerous items on my mind – very much...
International Youth Day 2022 and Nigerian Youth Ordeals
International Youth Day 2022 and Nigerian Youth Ordeals By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi Friday August 12, 2022, is a very important...
AYAKOROMO: The origin of coastal drama
AYAKOROMO: THE ORIGIN OF COASTAL DRAMA BY EKANPOU ENEWARIDIDEKE The folk opera of Hubert Ogunde in 1948 which wore a...
