Opinion

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

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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...

OPINION: HARSH TAG REALITY: MY JOURNEY TO BORNO

As I entered the danger zone from Potiskum to Damaturu I could taste the fear in the air, in the way the forked tongue of a snake tastes the fear of its victim. This was it. The reality that...

OPINION: CHIBOK: GOV. T.A ORJI CALLS FOR PRAYERS? WHEN ABIA IS IN SAMBISA!

I came across a report that reportedly concerned the Governor of Abia State, Governor Theodore Ahamefule Orji with calls of prayers for the confusion called Chibok abduction, when the state he is governing has been in Sambisa for close...

OPINION: MR. MIMIKO AND HIS INIMICAL ‘OPTIONS’ ON BAKASSI

I write in response to a two-part series interview conducted by Tunde Akinola, of the Guardian Newspapers which was published in the Guardian Newspapers of June 2nd and 3rd, 2014, titled: “We have options on Bakassi irrespective of ICJ...

OPINION: HURTLING THROUGH DARKNESS: NIGERIA’S STRIDES TOWARD REFORMATION

Nigeria has long been walking and working toward freedom, growth and development- the walk and work seem endless and all anticipations have been weakened by the decay in the society. As much as Nigeria’s leadership is structurally weak and...