By Jerome-Mario Utomi. Without overlooking other serious socioeconomic challenges bedeviling the nation, corruption appears to be the greatest problem confronting us today. Though neither new nor pecu…
OPINION: Cruelty and the Future of Our Nation.
By Jerome-Mario Utomi. When Niccolo Machiavelli first came up with the idea that cruelty could be rightly or wrongly employed in governing a country, he may have had Nigeria in mind. According to him,…
OPINION: Nigerian Democracy and the Fading Light Of Integrity
By Jerome-Mario Utomi I remember with nostalgia how a friend amidst euphoria triggered by the declaration of the 2015 presidential election result cautioned me with these few words; ‘’men will change …
OPINION: Nigeria; ‘Ifa’ Oracle Myths and Surreptitious Challenge
By Jerome-Mario Utomi. ‘’Ifa kin puro, ifa kin se eke’’ (literarily translated as Ifa oracle neither lie, nor gossip) is a Yoruba mythology that has become a word made flesh which dwells among us(Nige…
OPINION: Why Okowa Deserves a Second Term
By Chimennma Okolo As the race for Government House Asaba hits up as the general elections draw near, Deltans are in strategic position to choose between going forwards or handing over power to despe…
OPINION: Nigeria; A Nation Governed By ‘Strange Liberators’.
By Jerome-Mario Utomi I cannot situate exactly how I first encountered this phrase: “Strange liberators”, but I think it was while studying the words and speeches of Martin Luther King Jnr where it wa…
OPINION: Gas Flaring And Kachikwu’s Threat
By Jerome_Mario Utomi The Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, without any shadow of the doubt, typifies a man committed to bringing the Nigerian pollution riddled oil and gas sector ou…
OPINION: Nigeria and the Pathway to Genuine Peace.
By Jerome-Mario Utomi. At a well attended forum organized by the Justice Development and Peace Centre (JDPC) Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos on Saturday 22nd September, 2018, to mark the world peace day…
OPINION: As We Move Towards the Rivers State Government House
By Soalabo W. West, Esq. My public declaration to vie for the high office of Governor of Rivers State on the platform of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has elicited diverse reactions from i…
OPINION: Between Performance and Fake News
By Jerome-Mario Utomi Among other teachings received as a student of media and communication studies, I was specifically told that information is the life wire of every business/governance. That to ma…
