Opinion Articles

This article was written by me and published by ionigeria.com on May 26, 2019 when the grand plan by Adams Oshiomhole, the then National Chairman of All Progressive Congress (APC) was unveiling. My conclusion then was that “while Oshiomhole and his men may be able to stop Obaseki from getting the ticket of APC to pursue his second term ambition, …

by Fegalo Nsuke The request for Ken Saro-Wiwa’s exoneration is coming with great pain. The pain that we can never have Ken anymore. The pain that the torture, repression, maiming and killings were prosecuted by Shell, a company whose wealth have come from the exploitation of our own resources and all these happened with the support of our own government.

By Felix Oboagwina Through the years he has spent in the limelight as labour leader, state administrator and politician, former Edo Governor and Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has always had his circle pierced by the arrow of death, be it from road crashes, accidents or assassins.

With European museums on the back foot following Black Lives Matter protests, Nigerian politicians have the opportunity to shape the fate of the famous Benin Bronzes, writes Barnaby Phillips, an expert on the subject.

Banseka Kayembe Do I think that we’re going to see less of the Kardashian-Jenners now that their show is coming to an end? I suspect not Keeping up with the Kardashians, a show centred around Kardashian-Jenner family drama, is officially coming to an end.

More than 900 nuclear tests were conducted on Shoshone territory in the US. Residents still live with the consequences. by Ian Zabarte You never know what is killing you when it is done in secret.

By Felix Oboagwina Thursday, August 13 2020: Under the dying embers of a setting sun and in the solemn assembly for a burial ceremony in Ewu town, Esanland in Edo State, mourners still found room to cross swords politically.

By Tara McKelvey BBC White House reporter On the first night of the Republican Party convention, the president’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr, took centre stage and commanded the nation’s attention.

By Pedro Azuogu Corruption As An Enterprise In Nigeria – Both the American Heritage Dictionary (1981) and the Webster’s Comprehensive Dictionary (2010) described corruption as an act of being corrupt. Corruption derives it’s meaning from the Latin word corruptus which in itself means tainted, decomposed, putrid, perverted, depraved, deteriorated, debased, dishonest, contaminated, corroded, impure, degenerated, polluted or such like synonyms …

By Felix Oboagwina Assistant Comptroller General of Customs (ACG) Bashir Abubakar has learnt in the hardest way that two rights can turn into a wrong. Just in 2018, the world toasted him for rejecting a bribe of $412,000 (circa N171 million) from unscrupulous Tramadol drug smugglers, but this year he got disgraced out of the service after leading a raid …