Opinion

OPINION: HYPOCRISY: BLAMING BOKO HARAM ON THE ARMY & JONATHAN

It is dishonest for anyone to pin the Boko Haram terror on the Army or Jonathan. On the other hand, credit Yar’Adua for using South-south governors to tame MEND. Many of us have called on Northern leaders, especially in...

OPINION: PAINFUL AND PROHIBITED TRAGEDY RITUAL OF PRESIDENT JONATHAN

If Nigerians know one thing about President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, it is that he doesn’t give a damn. The most troubling paradox of Mr. Jonathan’s complicated presidency is his reaction to national tragedies of huge proportions that involved loss of...

OPINION: TO GOVERNOR NYAKO AND AMBASSADOR HABIBA ; JONATHAN AND IJAWS TO TEACH AUSA – FULANI BITTER LESSONS IN 2015

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Jonathan and his Ijaw brothers will definitely teach the Hausa Fulani a bitter lesson during the 2015 presidential election. I have alluded to that in an earlier write-up titled “Presidency 2015: Jonathan and Ijaws to teach Hausa-Fulani Bitter Lesson...

OPINION: THE TIME OF THE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCERS

That Nigeria has passed South Africa as Africa’s largest economy when calculated by Gross Domestic Product is almost old news. The coverage of that feat afforded Nigeria’s image a rare shining moment in the foreign media. As Uri Friedman...

OPINION: AS CORRUPTION AND INSECURITY STIFLE AFRICA’S GROWTH

At exactly 6am on Monday morning, I was rudely awoken by the sad breaking news of a bomb explosion in Nyanya, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory which reportedly resulted in scores of fatalities made up mostly of...

OPINION: THE MONSTROUS CENTRE

Nigeria operates a federal system of government or so we are made to believe. What has been masquerading as a federal system is no more different from the unitary system of government practiced by the military. It is not...

OPINION: UMANA AND THE CULTURE OF FALSEHOOD IN AKWA IBOM

It's with great apathy, that I read the utter balderdash written by Mmekabasi Akpabio, whom I have chosen to excuse, not because of his low level of knowledge of the imperatives of town hall meetings in a democracy, but...

OPINION: WHY PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL NOT VISIT NIGERIA

Barrack Hussein Obama is not only the leader of the most powerful nation on earth, but he is the celebrated black president of the United States. Love him or not, he is at a pinnacle for the black race...

OPINION: DEM GET TWO HEADS? WHO DEM BE? ALL THE CABAL OUT NOW!

Dem wan hold us back forever? Who dem be? Greedy, senseless rascals that have been holding on to power since independence. All the cabal must pack them bags and get out now! We no dey take this rubbish anymore....

OPINION: PROF. NEBO’S CHARM FOR BOKO HARAM AND IGBO SPIRITUALITY

Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo was recently awash in the media, not for the revelation that he has conquered the electricity problem besetting the country, but that a certain person he refused to give his or her name...