Opinion

OPINION: THE NORTHERNERS’ NONSENSE MUST STOP!

Nigeria has a highly complex and colorful social mosaic. The cultural diversity and heterogeneity makes this mosaic chaotic. The diverse culture and custom of Nigeria cannot be compared with the melting pot of the American society or with the...

OPINION: IS APC ANY DIFFERENT FROM PDP?

Some commentators have said it times without count that the All Progressives Congress (APC), the only party of progressives, is another side of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) coin, but I have often disagreed without going public with these...

OPINION: NO GHOST CORPERS IN NYSC, I JUST LEARNT

Ask ZiVA 728x90 Ads
Last week, this column ran a piece on a petition the non-governmental body that I coordinate received from some concerned Nigerians with knowledge about the workings of the National Youth Service Corps as insiders which primarily centered on...

OPINION: THE BENEFITS OF JONATHAN’S NEW AUTO POLICY

No matter the amount of destructive criticisms of the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan the opposition party, the good intentions of the administration is beginning to manifest in all the spheres of the country's economy as well as the...

OPINION: JONATHAN’S VISIT, AKPABIO’S INTERVAL TO SHOW WORKING

A million times, people have failed to realise their potentials, and that is not because they lack the capability, but because of fear of uncertainty. Just as H. P. Lovecraft puts it, “the oldest and strongest emotion of mankind...

OPINION: WHY IS OBAMA SOFT ON ISIS?

It beats the imagination when US policies flip-flop dangerously and towards global dangerosity. The US is clearly soft on ISIS. Obama only reluctantly initiated "limited strikes" on ISIS with few jets sent to "halt the advance" of the terrorists,...

OPINION: BOKO HARAM AND EBOLA VIRUS: TALE OF TWO SCOURGES AND A NATION’S RESPONSE

The world today is a theater of crisis and a cocktail of confusion. Humanity is ravaged on one hand by the blight of terrorism and sundry armed conflicts and on the other hand contending with the onslaught of grinding...

OPINION: THE HYPOCRISY OF APC LEADERS

After Governor Rauf Aregbesola was declared winner of the August 9 Governorship election in Osun State, I have been expecting the spokesman of the APC or some its foot soldiers to come up in their usual manner to raise...

OPINION: RIBADU: THE HOME-RETURN OF A SOJOURNER

Ever since former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) chairman, Nuhu Ribadu, indicated interest in moving to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), disquiet has reigned in the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC). As efforts by the party hierarchy to...

OPINION: EBOLA THE BIOLOGICAL TERRORISM, A WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION

From the stone age to modern day society, man has preyed on wildlife for survival. Sometime meat are eaten fresh only in contemporary times on account of technology wild games are prepared properly for food. The tradition of using bush...