Opinion

OPINION: ECONOMIC SALVATION: CASE STUDY IN NOLLYWOOD CULTURAL ORIGINALITY

Africans finally realize that fake and broken European or American that we used to call Akada can never successfully compete with the original. Akada will always remain second class. The simplest case in point to African originality is Nollywood...

OPINION: BEFORE WE KILL OFF ALL HERDSMEN…

Before we kill of all herdsmen, please let us stop and reflect: Who are they? What do they want? How can we help them? This paper is divided into three parts: What the Hausa/Fulani herdsmen are not; what they are;...

OPINION: #EKITIDECIDES: FORERUNNER TO #NIGERIADECIDES 2015

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Not even the most politically naïve Nigerian can fail to appreciate that the recent governorship election in Ekiti State is a forerunner to the 2015 presidential elections. The two major candidates in Ekiti, incumbent Governor John Kayode Fayemi and...

OPINION: FAYOSE, EKITI AND POLITICS OF SOUTHWEST

Peter Ayodele Fayose, the Governor-Elect of Ekiti State, is an enigma in Nigerian politics. Nobody seems to understand his style and strategies. Until the declaration of the results of the governorship election of June 21st, 2014, which proclaimed him...

OPINION: FAYEMI LOST BUT FAYOSE DID NOT WIN, WHO DID?

If you are talking about results from a population of 2.3million. With over 1.6 million eligible voters and 700 thousand plus registered voters from which meager figures of 100, 200 and 40 thousand, totaling just about half of registered...

OPINION: AS “CLUELESS” JONATHAN RUNS APC AGROUND IN EKITI…

“Fayose is a son of a bitch.” “Yes, he is our son of a bitch.” The above statements came from an exchange between two users on a social network medium to express their opinions on the outcome of the Ekiti governorship...

OPINION: FAYOSE’S VICTORY: NUMBER ONE LESSON FOR APC

The June 21 Ekiti State Governorship Election has come and gone, but its tale remain fresh in the mouth of many in the country! First, it is a tale of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) been a formidable party...

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

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...