When Wole Soyinka cut up his American green card in 2016, many dismissed it as theatrical excess. A Nobel laureate choosing dignity over privilege seemed excessive to those still enchanted by the myth of American exceptionalism. Today that gesture stands as one of the clearest moral diagnoses of our time. Trump’s record in domestic life […]
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Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, Friday approved a comprehensive welfare package for Deltans who returned from South Africa following recent xenophobic attacks, including a ₦2 million grant for each affected family and monthly stipends to support their reintegration. Under the package, each individual returnee will receive a monthly welfare stipend of ₦200,000, while […]
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The Delta Online Publishers Forum (DOPF) has called for strategic partnerships with key stakeholders as it prepares to commemorate the 2026 International Women’s Day (IWD) in Delta State. The event, scheduled for Wednesday, March 11, 2026, at 10:00 a.m., will take place at No. 12 Uchenna Okolo Street, opposite St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Asaba, Delta […]
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I honestly don’t think we can recover from this …..at least not in my lifetime. Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney just delivered a cold, surgical eulogy for American dominance….and laid the blame squarely at Donald Trump’s feet. “This bargain no longer works.” That single sentence will echo forever in history books. World leaders almost never […]
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In a village, a great flood sweeps through the land. Houses are submerged. Families are screaming. Lives and properties are being lost. Amid the chaos, one man sees his wife drowning and cries out for help. Then suddenly his neighbours get angry. They’re not angry because he caused the flood. They’re angry because he dared […]
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On Saturday 8 th , March, 2025, the United Nations international Women’s Day was commemorated globally, as scheduled in the yearly calendar of the United Nations. In many cities all around the world, there were well intentioned gatherings at different fora, where issues and concerns affecting the ranks of womankind on Earth were wholesomely […]
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Former General Officer Commanding (GOC) 1 Division of the Nigerian Army, Maj Gen Danjuma Ali-Keffi (rtd), weekend, called on President Bola Tinubu to probe the air crash that killed former Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Ibrahim Attahiru. Ali-Keffi, who made the appeal in an interview with THISDAY, alleged that the crash was linked to […]
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No fewer than 56 dead Nigerian names with reported unclaimed estates and other valuable assets in the United Kingdom have been published by the United Kingdom government. This was contained in UK’s government Treasury Solicitor website which was last updated on September 8, 2022, as reported by BusinessDay. The unclaimed estates have a 30-year time […]
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My greatest respect flows towards all women on this special day. May you all be continually empowered to fulfill the grand and noble roles entrusted to womanhood in Creation. You are the bridge and receptacle for all new births and formations. You occupy a higher pedestal in spiritual reckoning than man, because of the enhanced […]
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Nigeria’s election last month was celebrated as an unlikely victory for democracy in an African country with a tenuous record of free and fair representation. But the man most responsible for midwifing General Muhammed Buhari’s ballot triumph over current President Goodluck Jonathan has a spotty CV. Former Lagos provincial governor Bola Tinubu, affectionately nicknamed the […]
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