Pipelines Surveillance Contract: Why Tompolo Is Suitable By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi It is common knowledge that the Nigerian economy has recently been badly hit by the inability of the government to generate dollar revenue from its main source, which is the export of crude oil- a challenge traceable to Sabotage and crude oil siphoning rackets

Oyoko Primary School Saga: Matters Arising By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi The barrage of reactions and commentaries that trailed the recently published disturbing pictures that drew the attention of the Delta state government to the visibly distressed structures, dilapidated classrooms with fallen ceilings, windows and doors at Oyoko Primary School, Abavo, Ika South Local Government Area

Oyoko Primary School: An Avoidable Saga By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi As a background to this piece, it is important to underline that this author would be the very last person to insinuate that Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, the Executive Governor of Delta state, has not done good things as Governor of the state-that would be a

TIMIEBI’S FIRST THOUGHTS OF LAMENTATION FROM PRISON BY EKANPOU ENEWARIDIDEKE Catapulted by numerous items on my mind – very much unlike Wole Soyinka in his own seminal work, THE MAN DIED, when he was ‘prompted by two items on’ his table – I sat in my library engrossed in creative meditations, exercises, and mental search

International Youth Day 2022 and Nigerian Youth Ordeals By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi Friday August 12, 2022, is a very important date in the global calendar. It is a day that the global community sets aside to celebrate this year’s International Youth Day. The important purpose of this annual celebration going by information from the United

AYAKOROMO: THE ORIGIN OF COASTAL DRAMA BY EKANPOU ENEWARIDIDEKE The folk opera of Hubert Ogunde in 1948 which wore a theatrical disposition was accompanied by vivacious drumming, choral singing and well-coordinated dancing; and this constituted a significant part of the evolutionary process of drama in Nigeria. Similarly, the origin of coastal drama which emerged under

Ozoro mega rally and imperatives of Delta PDP reconciliation By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and no city or house divided against itself will stand. Mark 3:24, Matthew 12:25. If there is any factor/actor that has kept the People Democratic Party (PDP),

Why Ijaws, Nigerians and Africans in the United States should support Kimberly’s quest for Florida House of Representatives By Jacob Abai Kimberly is married to Mr. Reuben Obawei Ebiwoni, who is from the Gbaramatu kingdom, Delta State, Nigeria, and she is proud to be an Ijaw woman. Kimberly is part Cherokee (Native American) Indian. Her

Is the Delta State Government truly not fair to Ijaw ethnic nationality in the state? By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi Recently, precisely on Sunday July 17, 2022, the Deputy President of the Senate and the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship Candidate in Delta, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege, in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of the state, going

Shettima’s Presentation: Tinubu Free To Sew Clerical Garments For Hired Mechanics – CAN The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has dissociated itself from bishops who attended the presentation of the vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Kashim Shettima. The Vice President of CAN, 19 Northern States and Abuja, and its chairman

CADA and possibility of a sustainably developed Delta state coastal area By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi Throughout the early decades, the world paid little attention to what constitutes sustainable development. Such conversation, however, gained global prominence via the United Nations introduction, adoption and pursuit of the Millennium Development Goals, MDGs, which lasted between the year 2000

PETER OBI: Prospects and Challenges By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi This piece stemmed from two uniquely similar but different sources. First is a Whatsapp picture of Peter Obi, Labor Party Presidential Flag bearer, and his running mate Dr Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, which I recently stumbled upon in a group platform. The referenced portrait was laced with

Why is King Robert Ebizimor’s remembrance day different? BY EKANPOU ENEWARIDIDEKE The common accreditation known to man which does not need the approval accreditation of the Nigeria Universities Commission is that thinking is a Jewel in any society that believes in growth because no society moves forward that devalues thinking and moves dismissively towards it.

THE INSPIRATION OF 2023 ELECTION: IT’S NIGERIANS TURN (WO KE LATEI) In the annals of human existence, historical facts has shown over time that, the biggest political wars/battles are not fought and won on the battlefields but on the minds of the individual. The victory envisioned will determine the length of planning and strategies to

Spin Doctors And Governor Diri By Samuel Ebiowei In the last two weeks, mischief makers appear to have gone into overdrive. They have apparently fallen over themselves to outdo each other in churning out fake news about the Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, on the social media space. The Miracle Governor’s rising political profile

NIGERIA 2023: Lord, give us a criminal for president By Tunde Odesola To all intents and purposes, Nigeria shouldn’t be compared with Australia. Because there’s nothing to compare. But if a crazed member of Nigeria’s ruling feudal class or any of their serfs feels otherwise, such an unfortunate fellow should be handed an apple and

A dance of desperate politicians by Ekanpou Enewaridideke Desperation in politics pursued singlemindedly with a chronically pathological forgetfulness of Isaac Newton’s third law of motion that ‘for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction’, and Maria Daniels’s thesis that ‘life has its ups and downs, and problems arise when we want life to

African leaders, gender equality and demographic dividend By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi Recently, MS Keiso Matashane-Marite, the Chief Section, Gender Equality, UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), says Africa is making progress on issues around gender equality and youth empowerment. Matashane-Marite, going by media reports, said this when a team from UNECA paid a courtesy visit

Deplorable State Of Udu Road/Enerhen Junction: Why Delta State Government Must Act By Vera Enuesike Monday June 22, 2023, started like every other normal day. In the early hours of that day, I prepared for work as I usually do and had the intention of passing through the ever busy udu road to connect the

PDP VP Slot: SMBLF, Okowa’s Decision and Our Nation By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi One of the major booby traps placed on the Nigeria’s political route to hyper modern nation, that will require masterly innovative/creative strategies to waltz through, is the fact that each time electioneering season approaches in the country, the issue of where the

AN EPITAPH FOR CHIEF COACH LOKOJA SUOYE BY EKANPOU ENEWARIDIDEKE LOKOJA SUOYE THE SIXTEEN was Solemnly, somberly and soulfully ‘sirened’ and serenaded home and away from Ndoro on sixteen June 2022. It was the story of a man soulfully sirened and serenaded home away from his Ndoro home – a man whose thoughts centred on

Okowa: The coming of an authentic leader as Vice President By: Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi If there is any statement in recent time that had not only laid to rest the controversy but answered the question as to whether Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, the Executive Governor Delta state, is an authentic leader or not, it is

ADIEU NIGERIA’S ICON OF POSITIVE ACTIVISM TONY URANTA (1953-2021) BY GODKNOWS IGALI  On Friday 27th May, 2022 the Nigerian state laid to rest one of its veteran social activists, patriots and inveterate nationalists, Comrade Anthony Ipriye Uranta in his hometown, Queenstown, Opobo in Rivers State. The funeral obsequies spread between Lagos and Rivers States lasted

2023: Resonating Pa Awo’s political ideologies through Atiku/Okowa joint ticket By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi Aside from the general discontent with the quality of governance, frustration and disappointment of the citizenry who feel betrayed by the All Progressive Congress(APC) led Federal Government elected into power, and anger, at the deplorable state of the nation, Nigerians (students,

In defense of Governor Okowa’s vice presidency quest By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi Barely 24hour after a piece titled ‘PDP, Atiku and Imperatives of Okowa’s Vice Presidency’ by this same author was posted, it elicited a torrent of reactions from readers and political stakeholders particularly in Delta state and the general public. While some people hailed

Vice Presidency: Straw poll result and Okowa phenomenon By Jerome-Mario Chjioke Utomi If there is any reason in recent times strong enough to suggest why Atiku Abubakar, the standard bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) must resist the temptation/calls by some fellow countrymen still stuck in the old normal of yesterday, and pick Senator

PDP, Atiku and imperatives of Okowa’s Vice Presidency   By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi History does matter. ‘It has a way of repeating itself’, and has shown clearly that ordinary calculation can be upturned by extra-ordinary personalities. In the case of Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, the Executive Governor of Delta state, the ancient argument whether circumstance or

World Environment Day 2022 and Delta state Government By JEROME-MARIO CHIJIOKE UTOMI Going by information in the public domain, World Environment Day is celebrated on June 5 every year by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), to raise awareness about degrading environmental conditions and to encourage people globally to take positive environmental actions, to help

NigerSeason of money rain for delegates and empty promises By Jonathan Nda-Isaiah As the political parties move to beat the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) deadline of June 3 for their primaries, aspirants have intensified their move to woo delegates. Most of the aspirants, especially the presidential hopefuls, have been cross-crossing the country selling their

Kingsley Otuaro: Clear capacity to industrialize Delta  By Bulou Kosin Deputy Governor of Delta State, and leading Guber Aspirant for Delta 2023, Deacon Kingsley Burutu Otuaro, has promised, principally, to Industrialize Delta. Industrialising Delta seems a tall order but here is a promise matched with Otuaro’s capacity to deliver! Admittedly, governments, especially of African states,

Goodluck Ebele Jonathan: Right choice for Nigeria now, By Miabiye Kuromiema Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has just been announced by Ikechukwu Eze, his publicist, to have been appointed into the Board of an European Advisory body, an NGO focused on building Relationships among Europe, Middle East and Africa. The statement from Ikechukwu Eze noted that, by

THE POLITICAL LUCIFERS, BY EKANPOU ENEWARIDIDEKE Strategically placed from the North to the South and from the East to the West of the universe and vice-versa are political haulers by whom adamantine followers and defenders of political leaders/political office holders are hauled willy-nilly into pitiable dungeon-like living conditions established as the centres for the production

THE TIMED MUTU AND PONDI BY EKANPOU ENEWARIDIDEKE  Time often times people; and for even time that times people, its own time is also timed. This is what time may not know because it appears to be more interested in timing people than getting itself timed. And so time has just timed Rt. Hon. Nicholas

DAGOGO: Will Reps stand up for its own? By Adebiyi Adedapo I am not a lawyer, therefore, my position on this subject matter may not be apt. Nevertheless, it is pertinent to evaluate the response of the House to the arrest and detention of a serving member from Rivers State, Dr Farah Dagogo, who has