Opinion

OPINION: CLIVEN BUNDY ASSURES BLACK PEOPLE THAT SLAVERY TIMES WAS FAR BETTER THAN PRESIDENT OBAMA’S AMERICA

Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy is being hailed as a hero and patriot in his stand-off with the Federal Government over cattle grazing in Nevada by most white conservatives in the media and across the nation as well as by...

OPINION: BOKO HARAM TAKES OVER REINS OF GOVERNMENT

My piece today contains a “classified ad.” Nigerians are looking for a certain kind of person – someone to do an important job for them. Do you have the qualifications for the position? “Wanted: Someone with a heart loyal to...

OPINION: REJOINDER: ‘MORE DISTURBING SIGNALS FROM INEC’

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I find it compelling to respond yet again to the editorial in your newspaper for Wednesday, 16th April, 2014, with the above title. My aim in this short rejoinder is to show that the conclusion the editorial draws from...

OPINION: CROSS RIVER 2015 AND JEDDY-AGBA’S GUBER AMBITION

Mr. Godwin Jeddy-Agba, OFR, Group General Manager (Crude Oil Marketing Division) of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, is a frontline aspirant for the ticket of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the gubernatorial race of Cross River State in the...

OPINION: MURTALA NYAKO, BOKO HARAM AND PATRIOTISM

It may be necessary to delve into a little bit of history to know the kind of patriot that former Navy general, Murtala Nyako is. Remember that he was the former Deputy Chief of Defence Staff under President Ibrahim...

OPINION: DETAILS OF THE SAMBISA CAMPS HOLDING OUR 200 ABDUCTED DAUGHTERS: NATIONAL SECURITY UPDATE

Firstly, we would like to thank everyone for the support pouring in, in response to our calls for assistance and contributions towards the obligatory mission to free our 200 abducted daughters. The promises from so many blessed youth, to...

OPINION: GEOMETRIC POWER LTD HUNTING FOR MEDIA AND PUBLIC SYMPATHY

Nigeria is in the middle of power sector transformation which will unequivocally herald much awaited small and medium scale enterprises which will in turn drive the economy, induce reduction in unemployment and ultimately lead to Nigeria’s industrialization. Constant power...

OPINION: NIGERIA DOES NOT HAVE AND DOES NOT NEED A POLICE FORCE

The term Nigeria Police Force (NPF) is very misleading. NPF is a term used by some men and women in uniform who extort money from the citizenry for the benefit of the uniform wearer’s family. Nobody should doubt that...

OPINION: WHEN PROPAGANDA REPRESENTS GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA

It was George Orwell who was credited as saying that the most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history. And, in , John F. Kennedy reportedly said that no matter...

OPINION: THE TIME TO MAKE A CHOICE

On 23rd April 2014, the respected U.S.-based online military News Agency magazine called StrategyPage wrote the following: ''Nigerian Muslim clerics living in the border towns of Cameroon and Nigeria are recruiting Boko Haram members in their mosques, the Government of...