BY MAX AMUCHIE IN THE Sunday Stew of 7 June 2026, I unveiled the Decoupling Sovereignty Index (DSI) and introduced the three vectors, Money, Land and Mind. Unveiling a measurement instrument, however, creates an immediate obligation. An index without a methodology for generating its data is an architectural drawing without a building. And last week, 27 September 2026, as a prelude to outlining the methodology of DSI, I wrote about the anatomy of becoming nobody, the systemic process where an individual slowly loses their legal and functional visibility to the state, making them institutionally non-existent in a decoupling zone. Today…
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The Arbiter BY HASSAN GIMBA NYESOM Wike is not a man who shies away from any fight. And controversies. So far, he has won them all. Well, almost all. The PDP held a national convention to nominate its presidential candidate for the 2023 general elections on 28 and 29 May 2022 at the National Stadium. Wike was so confident he would win that he said he would behave a certain way if he lost, apparently assuming that would make those he believed he would defeat adopt the same line. He promised to support “whoever emerged” among the aspirants. When former…
THE MOUNT Saint Michael’s Secondary School Aliade Old Boys’ Association (AOBA) has elected a new National Executive Council, with Comrade John Odah emerging as the association’s new National President. According to a communique signed by Dr. Ukeyima Adugu Gbileve, (Outgone) Caretaker Secretary and Chairman, Convention Planning Committee, the new leadership was elected at a Special National Convention of the association held on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, at Mount Saint Michael’s Secondary School, Aliade, Benue State. The convention, which was convened principally to elect a new national leadership for the association, coincided with the Feast Day of the school’s patron saint,…
THE DISTRICT Head of Dakwa in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) of the FCT, Alhaji Shuaibu Samu, has said the establishment of a community internet hub has improved digital access and created new opportunities for residents, particularly youths and women. Samu stated this when participants of the Nigeria Community-Centred Connectivity Initiative Capacity Building Bootcamp visited the Dakwa Community Network Hub to assess its impact and explore ways of sustaining the facility. He described the initiative as a “life-changing opportunity” for residents who previously struggled to access reliable and affordable internet services. Samu commended the Centre for Information Technology and Development,…
THE WORKERS’ Rights Campaign (WRC) has thrown its support behind the three-day warning strike by public sector workers, calling on the Federal Government to address workers’ demands for improved wages and lower fuel prices. In a statement on Friday, October 2, 2026, signed by WRC Chairperson, Frances Akinjole, and its Secretary, Bàbá Ayé, the organisation said the action, being undertaken under the aegis of the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC) Trade Union Side, reflected longstanding concerns over the rising cost of living and declining purchasing power among Nigerian workers. The WRC said the unions’ demands included a new…
BY OWEI LAKEMFA SLINGER Francisco, better known as Mighty Sparrow, the “Calypso King of the World”, flew away on September 27, 2026. He was ninety. Calypso music was invented in the seventeenth century by African slaves in Trinidad who had mainly been taken from the Ibibio, Efik and Igbo peoples in present-day Nigeria and Congo. It is generally accepted that the name calypso originated from the Efik word “kaiso” (ka isu), which means “go on!”, and the Ibibio words “kaa iso”, meaning “continue, go on”. They were common words used by the slaves to urge somebody to go on or…
YESTERDAY, President Tinubu addressed Nigerians on the occasion of our 66th independence anniversary. The content of the speech resembles what we expect to hear at each anniversary. Lots of optimism about a greater tomorrow but no clear pathway to that outcome. The title of the address was from reform to prosperity. What Nigerians see in their daily life is poverty, hunger, privations and misery. Nigerians were assured that the greater tomorrow is on the road. Once again, they promised us that a country of our size, our bountiful resources, our cultural diversity and, above all, our extraordinary people can build…
My fellow Nigerians, SIXTY-SIX years ago, today, our flag was raised, for the first time, over a free and sovereign nation. Since then, we have journeyed together as one nation, bound by our collective trust in the great promise of Nigeria: that a country of our size, our bountiful resources, our cultural diversity and, above all, our extraordinary people can build a giant in Africa; that in this blessed and fertile land we can build a united, strong and prosperous nation; a land of regional authority and global consequence. Our journey has not always been easy. In truth, it has…
Offers Jobs To Lamu Graduates, To Train Over 1,000 Indigenes Reserves 30% Equity For East African Countries President Ruto Projects 60,000 Jobs, 1,000MW Power AFRICA’s drive for industrial self-reliance received a major boost on Wednesday as Kenya President, William Ruto, and President/Chief Executive, Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, joined African leaders to break ground on a $16 billion petroleum refinery and petrochemicals complex in Lamu, Kenya, designed to process 700,000 barrels of crude oil per day and serve markets across Eastern Africa. Dangote announced that the $16 billion Dangote East Africa Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals in Lamu, Kenya, will be…
BY IVO TAKOR AFTER decades of public service, workers should not have to struggle through administrative procedures to establish pension benefits they have already earned. Yet Nigeria’s ongoing pension verification exercise raises an important concern: whether the systems designed to protect retirement entitlements are sufficiently accessible and efficient to serve the workers who depend on them. The challenge is no longer simply about encouraging participation. It is about ensuring that administrative delays, missing employment records and difficulties accessing verification services do not prevent eligible workers from securing their retirement benefits. Missing employment records, inconsistent personal information, incomplete data recapture and…