Tag: By Erasmus Ikhide

THE political firmament of Edo State and the broader Nigerian democratic landscape dimmed profoundly with the transition of Chief Daniel Osi Orbih at the...

In the shadowed enclaves where foreign political ambition collides with Washington’s multi-million-dollar influence-peddling apparatus, few figures represent a more glaring study in manufactured prestige...

THERE are rare souls who walk across the terrestrial plane not merely as inhabitants, but as meteorological events—forces of gentle, persistent grace that alter...

The recent release of the Phillips Consulting State Performance Index (pSPI) has triggered an orchestrated wave of cynical propaganda and opportunistic wailing across media...

"Our commitment is to deliver development that every Edo citizen can see, feel, and benefit from. Every project we undertake is driven by a...

HISTORY does not repeat itself in a vacuum; it echoes the structural cowardice of institutions that refuse to hold power to account. In a...

​THE air in Benin City is thick with a long-awaited perfume—a blend of ancient incense, the redolence of history, and the unmistakable scent of...

In the theatre of modern governance, security is no longer a peripheral duty; it is the oxygen upon which the body politic breathes. For...

​The history of nations is often written by the victors, but when that history is built upon the shifting sands of cowardice, orchestrated starvation,...

​In the theatre of Nigerian governance, there exists a peculiar, chilling performance art: the systematic gaslighting of a populace under siege. For the current political...