Opinion

OPINION: THE SAD JOKE CALLED THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT

“Bring Back Our Girls Movement has become a franchise and security forces know what they are up to.” ~Marilyn Ogar, Director of public relation, DSS The above statement was openly made by the Director of Public Relations of the DSS,...

OPINION: RE: LOUIS ODION AND HIS BLA BLA BLA…

The interview by Mr Louis Odion, Edo State Commissioner for Information published in the Vanguard of Saturday July 12, 2014, was most bemusing to say the least. Thankfully, after nearly two years of inactivity, Odion, like a semi-extinct volcano,...

OPINION: THE NIGERIAN HEALTH SECTOR; JUST BEFORE THE WATERLOO

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It’s been over two weeks now since the Nigerian Medical Association pulled her members away from work throughout the country making a lot of the common Nigerians groan under the agony of seeing their loved ones suffer from illnesses...

OPINION: NIGERIA: PETROLEUM INDUSTRY BILL (PIB) NEEDS ADAPTIVE RECONCILIATION

The much debated and contentious Petroleum Industry Bill 2012 (PIB) is a quantum leap in the remaking of Nigeria’s oil and gas industry, if and when it becomes the law of the land. Some Nigerians deemed the bill controversial...

OPINION: GANG-RAPING AND MURDER OF CHIBOK CHRISTIAN GIRLS-SOS TO OBAMA, HOLLANDE, MERKEL ,PUTIN

This is a passionate pea to world leaders viz Obama, Hollande, Merkel, Putn, Jinping , Ban Ki Moon and other leaders to do something urgent before the Boko Haram Jihadists gang-rape to death the over 250 school girls abducted...

OPINION: CAN THE REAL PROGRESSIVES BE UPSTANDING?

Much has been said and debated about the need to have a president that will be conscious enough to realise that he’s leading over 170million Nigerians who desire the basic needs of life to function in a country where...

OPINION: BILL CLINTON’S VISIT TO BAYELSA STATE: A BLESSING OR CURSE?

The Bayelsa Social Media scene has been buzzing with the reports from the Government’s Social Media players that Ex U.S. President, Bill Clinton is billed to deliver the keynote address titled “unlocking Bayelsa State’s economic potential: Opportunities and challenges,”...

OPINION: OUR VOICELESS WITHOUT OIL INCOME MAINLY SURVIVE AS LOYAL CITIZENS

The voiceless survivals and silent majority could care less about longevity of oil politics. They discuss the voices of MEND followed by those of OPC, MASSOB and Boko Haram demanding contracts and compensation. Some at National Conference want theirs...

OPINION: TOWARDS A NEW POLITICAL PARTY FOR YOUTH AND NEW GENERATION NIGERIANS

In January of 2013, several progress desirous Nigerians including myself came together and established the Sovereign National Party, SNP . The SNP was first conceptualized in February of 2012 as a result of the January 2012 fuel subsidy removal...

OPINION: THE GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR POVERTY REDUCTION IN NIGERIA: WINNING THE WAR.

Poverty from time immemorial has been a household name, with its impact being palpable and also defying geography, religion, ethnicity, age and gender. It is both a mental and physical condition that is characterized by lack and despondency. It...