Ekaba Festival: A Celebration of Heritage, Unity and Renewal in Evboehighae

By Chris Nehikhare Each year, the people of Evboehighae join other Edo South communities in celebrating the Ekaba Festival, an age-long cultural tradition that speaks to our shared history, spirituality, and communal values. More than a festival, Ekaba is a sacred moment of remembrance, thanksgiving, and renewal. Today, I was present in Evboehighae to witness […]

CRITIQUE: Ekpoma Has Spoken: Governance Must Return to the People

By Chris Osa Nehikhare …If government listens — truly listens — Ekpoma may yet be remembered not as a symbol of unrest, but as the moment governance found its way back to the people. Today in Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government Area, the people spoke — clearly, peacefully, and out of deep frustration. Their protest […]

US Airstrikes vs Schools: A Convenient Afterthought

By Chief Malcolm Emokiniovovo Omirhobo. The recent call by Ahmad Gumi urging the United States to build schools for herdsmen instead of deploying a $2 million bomb may sound humane on the surface. In reality, it is a convenient afterthought that collapses under the weight of facts, history, and Nigeria’s own policy failures. No ethnic […]

Gov Uba Sani Reaffirms Commitment to Peace, Inclusive Governance at Kaduna Christmas Carol

By Ehis Agbon, Kaduna | 22 December 2025 Governor of Kaduna State, Senator Uba Sani, has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to peace, unity and inclusive governance, describing Kaduna as strongest when people of different faiths and backgrounds live and work together in harmony. The governor spoke at the 2025 Christmas Carol organised by the Kaduna […]

WHO IS THE GENOCIDE CULPRIT?

A Critical Examination of the Claim That “Muslims Are Also Killed” as a Response to the Genocide of Christians and Indigenes/Natives of Nigeria By Barr. John Apollos Maton 20th December 2025 INTRODUCTION: THE DANGEROUS SIMPLICITY OF FALSE BALANCE In every conflict marked by sustained violence against a particular group, there emerges a predictable rhetorical maneuver: […]

What Youth Must Know About Kaduna State Youth Policy 2021–2025

What Every Young Person Should Know About the Kaduna State Youth Policy (2021–2025): Key Insights, Priorities and Lessons that Matter By Sumayya Abdullahi Hussaini 1. A policy is a guiding document designed to address a clearly identified problem. Where there is no problem, there is no need for a policy. Policies provide direction, define priorities, […]

Kaduna Sets National Pace as State Launches Open Infrastructure Procurement Portal (LIVE COVERAGE ON PROCYON TV)

By Ehinome Agbon and Osehise Agbon, Kaduna | 17 December 2025 Kaduna State has taken a decisive step toward deepening transparency and accountability in public infrastructure delivery with the official launch of the Open Contracting for Infrastructure Data Standard (OC4IDS) portal, becoming the first sub-national government in Nigeria to adopt the global standard for infrastructure […]