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OPINION: 2019: RIVERS STATE AND POLITICS OF PEACE, UNITY, PROSPERITY & PROGRESS

One man who has not hidden his intention to govern Rivers State in the past fifteen years is Dumo Lulu Briggs. Unlike the many others contending for the office of the Governor of Rivers State, he does not come...

OPINION: WHY I’LL VOTE BUHARI AGAIN AND AGAIN

The greatest talking point in our country this week has been the declaration by President Muhammadu Buhari that he would seek a second term in office next year. And naturally so. Desire by any President, whether positive or negative,...

OPINION: ADAMS OSHIOMHOLE: AN AVATAR FOR APC’S RESURGENCE

I take my cue for this write-up from THISDAY newspaper’s lead story of Friday, April 6, 2018 with the banner headline: “Jostling for APC Chairmanship Begins, Oyegun, Oshiomhole, Ebri Emerge Contenders…”  My intervention is not a confirmation of any...

OPINION: ALEX OTTI: BETWEEN FACEBOOK GOVERNANCE & SCHIZOPHRENIA

Those who know the defeated 2015 All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) Governorship candidate in Abia State, Dr Alex Otti, should extend help to him before he totally unhinges and destroy the last of whatever is left of his public...

OPINION: NIGERIAN ARMY’S RE-ASSURING VICTORY OVER TERRORISM

Overtime, I have observed the character of terrorism as a complex, unpredictable and dynamic phenomenon. Terrorists are very determined rebels, who hardly flinch like Lucifer in perpetrating evil and atrocities. They have a resolve that is almost unbreakable and exhibit...

OPINION: DOES PRESIDENT BUHARI TRULY LOVE NIGERIA?

One common and usual refrain among loyalists and supporters of Nigerian leaders in the past decade is that the particular leader in question, ‘means well for the country’. The issue of meaning well is often brought in to counter...

OPINION: UPDATING ARMY’S RULES OF ENGAGEMENT

General Tukur Yusuf Buratai will on April 12th 2018 launch the updated Army headquarters directives on standing rules of engagement, use of force as well as detention and interrogation. The event which is entirely a military event but will however be symbolically...

OPINION: BUHARI’S DECISION TO SEEK RE-ELECTION

I was surprised that some people seemed surprised that Buhari decided to seek re-election. I have always maintained that it will be unthinkable for any President of the country to forgo the opportunity of seeking re-election – even if...

OPINION: BUHARI’S ENDGAME

President Muhammadu Buhari's chances to be reelected in 2019 have continued to shrink giving legitimate reasons to adduce that the upcoming election may not be free and fair as the APC government may recourse to the illegitimate use of...

OPINION: AUTHORITY LOOTING: YOU BE THIEF; I NO BE THIEF

In the light of many eye-sore and ear-sore episodes which have characterised contemporary every day lived experiences of Nigerians, it is practically impossible to allow our dead leaders-of-thought to rest in peace; I need to invoke the spirit of...

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