Dave Umahi has perfected the Nigerian politician’s favourite magic trick: the disappearing principle. One day he is a regional champion, the South-East’s own man demanding blanket support for his presidential ambition. The next, he is the Minister of Works in a Tinubu led administration, solemnly informing the same South-East that it is not their turn, …
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In The History of the Peloponnesian War,Thucydides famously observed that the strong do what they can, while the weak suffer what they must. He omitted a third category peculiar to political life: the domestic lieutenant who happily executes the cruelties of the strong, only to stage a tearful, moralizing press conference the moment the tyrant …
When a governor takes the title "Executive" with literal intensity, the boundaries between administrative leadership and frontline policing tend to blur. Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo recently found himself doing just that—personally interrogating the victim of a violent assault, sifting through conflicting narratives, and taking aim at what he calls the modern scourge of "fake …
What’s the worst travel experience you’ve ever had? Not even on Bus 53 Trafalgar Square to Wowich, Ring Road Sapela Road drop, Rice University to SugarHill. Train, planes and ships.
Uduaghan, Okowa and Ibori The Arrival Caesar came, saw and conquered. Delta State's former governor came, saw the rot and, by most accounts, stayed for the buffet. Emmanuel Uduaghan has died at 71. His family says he died on Monday, 19 October 2026, in an Abuja hospital after a brief illness. Our condolences go to …
