Opinion

OPINION: THE OTHER SIDE OF APC AND AKPD PARTNERSHIP

Some months ago, the news media was a washed with a statement credited to the main opposition party in Nigeria, the All Progressives Congress (APC), hinting of its plan to engage the services of AKPD Message and Media, a...

OPINION: THE EKITI GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION AS PROGRESS

By progress, I mean that genuine sense of improvement that comes with comparing what is to what used to be, or where one is to where one used to be. And with a past in which our former President,...

OPINION: WALKING THE FINE LINE BETWEEN AN ANARCHIST AND A COLUMNIST

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OPINION: I AM A VICTIM OF TERROR

“One fact that must sink in our memory is this,Terrorism has no friend, it is an enemy of all. Terrorists are no friends to anyone, they could kill anyone. They could kill their parents, may kill their friends and...

OPINION: THERE IS NO ARMY OF GOD ANYWHERE ONLY MASS KILLERS

When we look at most of the “Greats” from Genghis Khan, Alexander, Napoleon, Hitler, leaders of Buddhist, Jihad and Crusades, most were religious men that led the Army of God as mass killers. Each claimed he had the blessing...

OPINION: AKWA IBOM GOVERNOR IN 2015: BETWEEN RHETORIC AND ACTUALITY

We have for than a decade, used the tenets of good conscience to further the cause of social justice, political freedom, sanctity of human life, issue-oriented and developmental politics, good governance and sustainable development of Akwa Ibom State. Having fought,...

OPINION: TAMBUWAL SHOULD KNOW BETTER IN TIMES LIKE THIS

Some years ago, I heard of a security protocol the Israelis came up with, in view of the situation in that country. It entailed ensuring that the Prime Minister was made to pass through the protocols put in place...

OPINION: THIS NIGERIAN WAR IS UNCIVIL

The blood cuddling violence that has enveloped significant percentage of the states in the North of Nigeria and even Abuja the nation's political capital is spreading like wild fire and majority of Nigerians who live far away from the...

OPINION: EKITI AND THE SHIFTING PARADIGM OF SOUTH WEST POLITICS

“A new sociology of the Ekiti people is emerging…”, so said Kayode Fayemi, the state’s outgoing governor in his major speech after losing the last governorship election in the state. He was wondering aloud how the enlightened, highly educated...

OPINION: THE TRIUMPH OF DECENCY IN EKITI ELECTION: NIGERIAN CIVILIZATION ACCORDING TO EKITI

The victory of Ayodele Fayose of the People’s Democratic Party over incumbent Governor Kayode Fayemi of the All Progressives Congress cannot be over emphasized. Without doubt, it was huge victory and certainly the news of the hour....