Opinion

OPINION: THE GDP RE-BASING THAT SHOULD BE CELEBRATED

A bunch of Nigerians was watching the final of the African Cup of Nations; and, against all odds, with the wobbling and fumbling of the country's team, Nigeria won the cup, after a very long while. Some Nigerians hit...

OPINION: MUSILIU OBANIKORO ENDANGERS THE NIGERIAN ARMY

The only reason why the former Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, former President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashivili, the leader of Dubai Mohammed Bin Rashid Maktoum and the President of Botswana, Ian Khama stand out as successful leaders...

OPINION: EDUCATION: THE APC EXAMPLE IN LAGOS

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The on-going drama in Lagos State between the students of the Lagos State University (LASU) and its owner, the government of the State over school fees, puts a lie to all the talks of being progressive trumpeted by the...

OPINION: ASUP AND COEASU STRIKES: THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER

Of recent, Nigerians have been served with an over-dosage of sponsored propaganda by politically minded unions leaders and their drum-beaters who deliberately seek to mislead the unsuspecting education loving people of our great nation on the prevailing issues concerning...

OPINION: TO MY FRIEND AND BROTHER, OBAHIAGBON, AT 54

I felicitate with you, my dear friend and brother, on the occasion of your 54th birthday (April 12, 2014). I remember our social interactions and intellectual engagements while you were on tour of duty in the House of Representatives...

OPINION: COLONEL KABIRU SALISU–91 DAYS WITH BOKO HARAM

A man is wearing black, black shoes, socks, trousers, lumper gloves. He is walking down a black street with all the street lamps off. A black car is coming towards Him its lights off but somehow manages to stop...

OPINION: NIGERIAN PRESIDENCY, THE BRITISH AND THE INVENTION OF BOKO HARAM

In Nigeria’s political arrangement, the President is the highest office. Over the years the picture that has been presented to the world is Nigeria as a majority Islamic country. As we go further down we will see how this...

OPINION: XYZ MASSACRE: WE WANT A REVOLUTION, THEY WANT A WAR

Which massacre? Yobe? Borno? Adamawa? Plateau? Katsina? Kaduna? Benue? Nasarawa? The hashtag, “#XYZmassacre” has become the inevitably appropriate marker for the Nigerian holocaust. 50 here, 250 there, death comes easy in the north these days. Conservative United States estimates...

OPINION: THE PROBLEMS, CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS TO INSECURITY IN NIGERIA.

Few years ago, Nigerians were anxiously concerned on how the federal government can tackle the corrosive and caustic corruption, education, agriculture and power failure, but the recurring spate of hapless killings in the Northern parts of Nigeria diverted the...

OPINION: FISCAL FEDERALISM, TIV INTEREST AND ETHNICITY

       A LEAD PAPER PRESENTATION AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ETHNIC MINORITY AGITATIONS AND NIGERIAN POLITICS: REFLECTIONS ON THE TIV “REVOLTS” OF 1964: 50 YEARS AFTER @ BENUE STATE UNIVERSITY, MAKURDI, NIGERIA. APRIL, 2014. INTRODUCTION The main reason for the Tiv “revolts” of the 1960s...