Opinion

By Engr. John Perede Nigeria is blessed with one of the world’s largest natural gas reserves, yet its citizens continue to live in darkness, spend heavily on diesel, and cook with firewood. With over 200 trillion cubic feet of proven gas reserves and an estimated 600 trillion cubic feet in…

By GCON Media According to the immortal words of the great Martin Luther King Jr., “Power is nothing but the ability to achieve a purpose. It is the strength required to bring about social, economic, political, cultural and religious changes. “What is needed is a realization that power without love…

By Emmanuel Nicholas I began very early in life. Soon after completing my secondary education, I left home to pursue my ambition of becoming an artist, first to Port Harcourt in 1992 and subsequently to Lagos in 1994. During those years, I had the opportunity to record my first demo…

By Abidemi Adebamiwa Most corruption cases in Nigeria do not begin with outright theft. They start with closeness to money, contracts, or political power. Many honest people who enter public service lose their good name not because they stole, but because they failed to draw the line early enough. The…

By Kunle Oyatomi More facts have emerged showing that Nigeria is on a positive path under President Bola Tinubu. While haters would hate, critics would continue to do what they do best, but the truth is that figures do not lie. That truth has become evident 10 months into 2025,…

By Comrade Nelson Nnanna Nwafor Over the past decade, Nigeria has witnessed a growing wave of citizen-led activism, mass protests, and calls for justice and accountability. Two defining movements — the End SARS protests of 2020 and the Free Nnamdi Kanu demonstrations — have come to symbolize this civic reawakening.…

By Comrade Nelson Nnanna Nwafor When Dr. Alex Otti assumed office as the Executive Governor of Abia State, his emergence was widely heralded as the dawn of a new era — a break from the past and a bold step towards transparent, people-centered governance. Among the most prominent and repeated…

By Asiayei Enaibo  Chief Joseph Seisingha Soso Pondi does not play to the gallery or chase public attention and applause. He chooses to quietly serve God and humanity through his Foundation, the Soso Pondi Foundation. And by so doing, he can arguably be described as a transformer of lives through…

By Jerome-Mario Utomi “Each generation must, out of relative obscurity, discover its mission, fulfill it, or betray it”, says Frantz Omar Fanon, a French-Afro-Caribbean psychiatrist, political philosopher, and Marxist from the French colony of Martinique, whose works became influential in the fields of post-colonial studies. On Friday, October 10, 2025,…

By George Ozalla “The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men,” warned the great philosopher Plato centuries ago. His words, though ancient, ring with haunting resonance in today’s Nigeria, where democracy, once hailed as a triumph of collective will, is now sliding dangerously toward…