Opinion

OPINION: PREPARE FOR BOKO HARAM GENERALS’ COUP D’ETAT

Is there a power struggle going on in the Army to kill National Conference outcome? There are potential and phantom coup d'état whenever the polity is restless in most developing countries. It will be gross malpractice if General Badeh...

OPINION: OSHIOMHOLE AND HIS DECLINING FOLLOWERSHIP

A leader whose people are not following behind is merely taking a walk – an African proverb. The Governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, came to office with perhaps a rich populist reputation. He was regarded as “man of...

OPINION: GOV. FASHOLA AND LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY FEES

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One of the campaign promises of the All Progressives Congress, APC, is free education at all levels if voted into power by the Nigerian people. Of course, this campaign mantra is catchy and will in no doubt attract many...

OPINION: 18 YEARS AFTER: KUDIRAT ABIOLA ON MY MIND

In the early morning of June 14 1996, Alhaja Kudirat Abiola, the late wife of the celebrated Hero of Democracy in Nigeria, the late Chie MKO Abiola, had an appointment to keep in the Lagos Island. She left her...

OPINION: FIGHTING TERRORISM WITH AMNESTY

Never mind the barefaced denial from Dr. Reuben Abati, Presidential Spokesman that the Commander-In-Chief, President Goodluck Jonathan, did not offer the Islamist group, Boko Haram, amnesty. On democracy day, we heard the speech of the Minister of Youth Development,...

OPINION: GLOVES OFF: WHAT DO THE IGBO’S WANT?

The national conference has processed an extension. So far, many things have been deliberated during the ‘great conference,’ including state derivations, and of course the nature of Nigeria. Different participants selected by the Nigerian president who are meant to...

OPINION: THE PLOT TO PUT IKENNA SAMUELSON IWUOHA OUT OF CIRCULATION IN IMO STATE

The Youths Against Human Rights Violation And Corrupt Practices (YAHVCP) wish to inform the media, trade union activists locally and internationally, organizations and individuals in Imo State, student and youth members of the JTVC, activists across the federation and...

OPINION: JONATHAN: CLUELESS OR CALCULATED?

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was to convince the world he didn’t exist. - Roger "Verbal" Kint Yes, Verbal said that in ‘Usual Suspects.’ Unlike the legendary Femi Fani-Kayode did with his ‘quote’ from ‘The Iliyad,’ I am...

OPINION: ALEMU: THE EXPLOITED AND IMPRISONED ETHIOPIAN JOURNALIST

"Since there are a lot of injustices and oppressions in Ethiopia, I must reveal and oppose them in my articles." Those were the words of award-winning journalist Reeyot Alemu before she was arrested and imprisoned. Alemu was in prison when...

OPINION: AKWA IBOM PENSION BILL: WHY AKPABIO IS MY HERO.

When I received the news that, Governor Godswill Akpabio, in response to public outcry, and in spite of the obvious politicization of the whole issue, has requested the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly to expunge ‘contentious’ sections of...