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OPINION: MANHOOD THIEVES AND TERROR OF MAGICAL THINKING IN NIGERIA

Superstition rages in Nigeria. Magical beliefs are ubiquitous and continue to terrorize the population. Irrational beliefs manifest in different forms amongst the country's educated as well as the non-educated, sometimes with violent repercussions mainly on the vulnerable members of...

OPINION: ROLE OF ADVOCACY IN BUDGET TRACKING

Presentation At The Launch Of Dubawa And Udeme By Premium Times Centre For Investigative Journalism (Ptcij) At Yar’adua Centre On 20th February 2018 BACKGROUND The budget is perhaps the most important instrument in any modern state apart from the constitution. The...

OPINION: AFRICAN UNION, PRESIDENT BUHARI AND APPEASEMENT OF CORRUPT MONSTERS

The damning verdict that Africa Continent has regressed terribly in the 21st century in every respect in modern memory has come to stay. African Union ( ) leadership in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia is making more worsening mistakes which further...

OPINION: JUDGES, THE LAW AND OUR DEMOCRACY

To expand the democratic space in Nigeria and to ensure the legitimacy and stability of our democratic process, the rule of law, perhaps the supremacy of the law, anchored on constitutionalism and a progressive, liberal and developmental construction of...

OPINION: REHASHING THE FAILED APC PROPAGANDA MACHINE: THE DAILY TRUST MISADVENTURE

In the run up to the 2015 General Elections, the All Progressive Congress (APC) hired a vicious media propaganda team with the objective of misleading Nigerians, planting concocted stories about opponents and destroying the foundations of the growth of...

Buratai Orders Troops To Stop Armed Herdsmen

The Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Burutai, has directed troops deployed for exercise Cat Race in Benue state, to stop the menace of armed herdsmen terrorising local communities in the state or face a military court-martial. He gave the...

OPINION: YOUR PVC IS NOT ENOUGH; GET INVOLVED

Nigerians’ political consciousness has been on a steady growth since 2010, following the constitutional crises that embroiled the presidency. President Yar’Adua was bed ridden, unconscious in a hospital somewhere in Saudi Arabia and his handlers thought he needn’t handover...

OPINION: 12 QUALITIES NEXT NIGERIAN PRESIDENT MUST POSSESS

The next Nigerian President must be a citizen loved by Nigerians. In one of my recent articles on the search for a Nigerian president in 2019, I promised to follow it up with another that will expose the 12...

OPINION: BANTERS IN LAGOS, POVERTY AND DISEASE IN THE NIGER DELTA

The Eko Convention Centre, Lagos, venue of the meeting was lavishly decorated to impress, and it did impressed. The participants were corporately kitted; men and women alike. All seated in such a manner that could be mistaken for, fresh...

OPINION: MAGU’S EFCC IN PERSPECTIVES

Writing about the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and its leadership is one and the same thing. EFCC is its leadership and the leadership of the commission is the commission. Dissecting the leadership of Mr. Ibrahim Magu at...