Tag: BENIN, Opobo, Teniola
*Similarities between Benin and Opobo*
By ERIC TENIOLA* Opobo Kingdom in Rivers State now has a new King. He is King Charles Douglas MacPepple Jaja, Jeki VI. The king was crowned as the sixth Amanyanabo of...
*Why Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway* BY
BY ERIC TENIOLA* I guess it is not by accident that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR, is constructing a highway between Calabar and Lagos. The construction...
*Insecurity the possible way out*
BY Eric Teniola If we assume that kidnapping, insurgency and other security problems are politically motivated, then the solution is political not military and we must...
“Let Anioma,Ijebu Ogoja,Ibadan and other states be”
By Eric Teniola On May 27, 1967, the then Head of State, General Yakubu Dan-Yumma Gowon (91) GCFR, said “the main obstacle to future stability in this country is the...
Crossing the Red Line by the Opposition and Government*
By Eric Teniola Mr. Timothy Omo-bare was deputy Inspector General of Police when he attended the Aburi Peace meeting held in Ghana on 4th and 5th January, 1967....
We are Victims of past Intrigues within the Military
BY ERIC TENIOLA* General (rtd.) Jeremaih Timbut Useni ((16 February 1943 – 23 January 2025) alias JERRY BOY, who answered the final call in Paris, France, was partly a...
Nothing to be gained from Declaration of State of Emergency
By Eric Teniola* The first head of government that declared a state of emergency in Nigeria was the then Prime Minister, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (December 1912...
Diversity and Unity-Our Strength and Power
By Eric Teniola By the way, a serving Minister was quoted as saying, that the crisis in the country is being sponsored by those who wish to share power with the...
How the Constitution Deleted Tradition
BY ERIC TENIOLA* Photo Caption:Eric Teniola On Tuesday, August 9, 2022, Kenya held its general election during which the President, governors, senators and...
Best Way to Defend the Presidency
By Eric Teniola “It is totally false to suggest, as we are apt to do, that Nigerians are fundamentally different from any other people in the world. Nigerians are...
