Opinion

OPINION: WHY EGYPT’S ANTI-PRESS VERDICT MUST BE OVERTURNED

At a time most observers hoped that the coming into being of the new political dispensation in Egypt will usher in a rapprochement between the state and the media, it has further nosedived to an all time low in...

OPINION: THE “POUNDED YAM PROPHECY” THAT NAILED APC’S JKF

It was meant to be a prophecy from her God, but those who ought to have done something took after Ali Baba and his band of comedians. They laughed the prophetess to scorn describing her prophecy as a function...

OPINION: THE LOYALTY GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SAINT ATIKU

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Former Vice President during the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has begun to worm himself into the hearts of All Progressives Congress (APC) members with his sermon on loyalty. Atiku, in his congratulatory message to members...

OPINION: THE GOOD NEWS ON ABACHA LOOT

A friend who hails originally from the South Western segment of Nigeria by name Mr. Babatunde Adeniji Abimbola called me from California, the United States few hours back to break the story that the Nigerian Federal Government through the...

OPINION: BEFORE MURTALA NYAKO IS IMPEACHED

Let me start by concluding that it is a question of time before Adamawa state governor, Murtala Nyako, is impeached by the State House of Assembly. It is an impeachment that has long been speculated and when last Wednesday,...

OPINION: THE EKITI ELECTION: I RAISE MY HEAD HIGH.

Firstly, Let me congratulate Mr. Ayodele Fayose on his emergence at the Ekiti poll. Without mincing words and from all the pieces of information at my disposal, I didn’t hear that the activity in any polling unit was disrupted,...

OPINION: APC AND ITS PROBLEMATIC YOUTH POLICY

Recently the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) held its national convention to select its national officers who would pilot the affairs of the party on a substantive basis. But the convention, which threw up a new executive, left in...

OPINION: OGUN 2015: THE BETRAYED, THE DECEIVED AND THE THIRD FORCE

Since the past few months, pages of tabloids and media have been dominated with reports of decamping, intra party maneuvering, party structure reshuffling and tales of backbiting between godfather and godson in Ogun State. Even though the electoral commission...

OPINION: THE RAGE OF THE JIHADISTS AND THE SCOURGE OF RADICAL ISLAM IN NIGERIA

"And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh and they shall be drunken with their own blood as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy...

OPINION: NIGERIA AND THE RULE OF BACKSEAT DRIVERS

Nigeria is increasingly becoming a nation of backseat drivers. Consummate faultfinders without ethical compass and manifest commitment to democratic ideals parade as omnificent experts with a view to secure political power. They pester leaders, public intellectuals, visionary voices, and...