Just days after the Federal Government announced a 30-day “cost-price” petrol price discount to ease public anger over unbearable living costs, reality on the street has dealt citizens a devastating blow. Far from bringing relief, reports from several parts of the country show pump and ex-depot prices surging to an unprecedented ₦1,900 per litre. As…
The rumblings from the streets have grown too loud for official broadcasts to drown out. Across motor parks, neighborhood markets, and town squares, ordinary Nigerians are visibly exhausted, angry, and increasingly unwilling to tolerate a crushing status quo. What is playing out is far deeper than routine party friction; it is a breakdown of trust…
In Nigerian politics, power is almost always treated as a zero-sum game of self-interest. Leaders routinely destroy coalitions, fracture political platforms, and run parallel structures simply because their personal names are not at the top of the ticket. Former Bayelsa State Governor and current Senator representing Bayelsa West, Henry Seriake Dickson, has written a completely…
When an economy is bleeding after more than three years of unchecked inflation, currency depreciation, and devastating purchasing power collapse, offering citizens a temporary 30-day discount at selected filling stations is not economic reform; it is political triage. That was the scathing verdict delivered by the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) following the Federal Government’s announcement…
When political leaders start confusing executive authority with absolute ownership of the electorate, Nigerian democracy has a way of serving up a harsh reality check. Addressing members of the Apo Traders Association in Abuja, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, staked his entire cabinet career on the outcome of the next…
In a political climate where the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) appears determined to bulldoze all dissent and push Nigeria toward a de facto one-party state, genuine institutionalists who defend the sanctity of the constitution across partisan divides are becoming rare national treasures. That rare status was captured in clear terms by Comrade Daniel Onjeh,…
On a day meant to commemorate 66 years of national independence and civic freedom, the streets of Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, witnessed a scene that felt uncomfortably reminiscent of a military garrison. Instead of celebratory banners, white plumes of tear gas choked the air around the Water Fountain as armed police officers moved…
In a democracy, the line between robust political dissent and criminal conduct is supposed to be crystal clear. But in Maiduguri, Borno State, that line was erased when five citizens found themselves handcuffed, dragged before a magistrate, and remanded in custody for the simple act of printing and wearing cotton T-shirts bearing the words “Tinubu…
Following weeks of intensive consultations and debate over campaign structures, the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has reached an accord with its presidential flagbearer, Peter Obi, and vice-presidential running mate, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, on the framework of its 2027 presidential campaign council. As reported in The Punch’s report on NDC campaign appointments and corroborated by…
As political parties in Nigeria fine-tune their campaign machineries ahead of the 2027 general elections, the battle for influence has officially expanded far beyond the nation’s borders. During a one-week working visit to Europe, former Bayelsa State Governor and National Leader of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Senator Henry Seriake Dickson, hosted key diaspora executives…
