Opinion

OPINION: ORIGINALITY – THE ABILITY TO THINK INDEPENDENTLY AND CREATIVELY

This is one of the MAJOR reasons why America has become the most developed country in the world. That is why it is difficult for developing countries and Africa especially to significantly be developed. Unlike America, these other countries...

OPINION: IS GOVERNOR FASHOLA THE NEW CHATTERBOX OF APC?

Clearly, Governor Fashola of Lagos State has found a new habit in reckless utterances and making accusations against the Federal Government. There are those who say that the recklessness of his anti-Federal Government utterances increased after President Jonathan began...

OPINION: JONATHAN’S NATIONAL CONFERENCE: AND IT CAME TO PASS

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On Thursday, August 21, 2014, President Goodluck Jonathan received the 21 Volumes of the Report of the 2014 National Conference from Justice Idris Kutigi, former Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chairman of the Conference. That the National Conference even...

OPINION: HOW TO DEFEAT BOKO HARAM: AS EXPOSED BY “ABUBAKAR SHEKAU”

The Boko Haram terrorist movement released a latest video to update Nigeria on their current status. In it they claimed the formation of a nonsensical caliphate, plagiarizing from the concurrently running operations of fellow loony ISIS terrorists in Iraq...

OPINION: ANIEKAN UMANAH: I WILL PRONOUNCE YOUR NAME.

This may be regarded as the second part of my 'epistle', about Mr Aniekan Umana, Akwa Ibom state's Honourable Commissioner for Information and Communications. The other time, I took set out to celebrate a thoroughbred professional, media guru and...

OPINION: MIKE BROWN: MUST US POLICE ALWAYS SHOOT TO KILL?

Minorities are up in fiery protests over yet another point-blank killing of an unarmed US African-American youth. This is one more instance in many in which unarmed US minority youth have been summarily killed by US police. In February of...

OPINION: THE ‘TAIL BETWEEN THE LEG’ TALE OF OUR FLEEING SOLDIERS

It is all over the social and traditional media that Nigerian soldiers 480 of them are presently taking refuge in Cameroon over 'overwhelming' powers of Boko Haram. The circumstance leading to the soldiers fleeing have only managed to further...

OPINION: MICHAEL BROWN AND THE ERODING VALUE OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE.

The recent death of Michael Brown in an encounter with the police in Ferguson Missouri has sparked another round of protests mainly by African Americans. The reaction to Michael Brown’s death is the same as the reaction to similar...

OPINION: AZUBUIKE ISHIEKWENE’S FLIGHT OF FANCY

Reading through the article by Mr “famous” Azubuike Ishiekwene in the Leadership of Friday, August 22, 2014, titled ‘Gwoza Wives Fighting With Bare Hands’, one would not be in any doubt that he has serious grouse and disdain for...

OPINION: INTRA-AFRICA TRADE: GOING BEYOND POLITICAL COMMITMENTS

Progress will come when agreements are implemented Among Africa’s policy wonks, underperforming trade across the continent within the region is a favoured subject. To unravel the puzzle, they reel off facts and figures at conferences and workshops, pinpoint trade hurdles...