Opinion

OPINION: DIEZANI CLEARANCE: MARK THIS DAVID MARK

There is nothing more thrilling than being oneself at any given point in time. The Senate President, David Mark has proven that self-evidence maxim, even though negatively, that one must remain true to his ideology, however discredited. Clearing or...

OPINION: WHY WE MUST DECLARE WAR ON GREED

It seems to me that we are on a long “moral holiday” reminiscent of the ancient Feast of Fools. The Feast, which had many cultural and historical variants, was generally marked by unrestrained hedonism and lawlessness. During its observance,...

OPINION: SWEET DIEZIANI! SWEET GOODLUCK! SWEET CRUDE! PART 2

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Sweet Dieziani, Sweet Goodluck and Sweet Crude was the title of a piece I released for the Democracy Day of 2013 asking this woman to do something unique to fight poverty in Nigeria. I advised Dieziani Madueke to gather...

OPINION: UNDERSTANDING EDUCATION

The discussion between Drs. SKC, Ozoke, Agozino, et al (https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Waawa/ conversations/messages/46678) needs a little clarification. Education means different things to different people. To some education means going to college earning a diploma, and getting a job. To others it means...

OPINION: TANTRUMS OF A FAILED MARXIST

Chidi Amuta’s Tantrums Of A Failed Empress, posted May 21, 2014 on Saharareporters.com was supposed to be a rejoinder to Chidi Amuta’s Rot (Thisday May 16, 2014), a rejoinder I wrote to his The Girls and the Rot, which...

OPINION: WHO IS AFRAID OF AMBODE?

Ever since the open endorsement of Mr. Akinwumi Ambode, the erstwhile Accountant General/Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Lagos State by none other than the much-respected Oba of Lagos,Oba Akiolu1 for the gubernatorial seat of Lagos state the political landscape...

OPINION: WHEN THE GODS SMILED

A sage once said that birthdays are not the celebration of the days we were born but a celebration of the fact that we have been able to conquer death by another year. It is also a celebration of...

OPINION: HOW JUDE EJIOGU LOOTED 1BILLION NAIRA IMO LGA PENSION FUNDS

I told you before that as a young man one of the artists I followed his music is the late legendary Afro-beat maestro Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Fela did a lot of songs, most of which are about the misrule...

OPINION: LOST AND FOUND GIRLS BY BOKO HARAM GENERALS A SHAM

Did General Badeh really believe the Boko Haram Generals that they just found Our Girls? What worked even before international pressure was the confrontation between Joint Chief of Staff and the Defense Minister, Boko Haram General Gusau. It was...

OPINION: A STATE AT WAR

Nigeria is a state at war. There’s no profit in continuing to deny it. There’s no point in sugarcoating the bitter, bloody fact. The immediate war theaters are Abuja and Jos and a large swathe of the restive northeast of...