Opinion

OPINION: 1 OF 109 SENATORS: IS SARAKI A THREAT TO JONATHAN?

The dawn of Jonathan’s administration commenced with shocks on the Nigerian economy and security- and interestingly, the shock accompanied with serious dramata in the political system continued. This regressed the falling Peoples Democratic Party’s integrity at the national and...

OPINION: NO! TO RETURN OF PRODIGAL SON

For as long as we can remember, power, money, and greed have corrupted our elected government officials at every level. What’s alarming and frustrating is that the blatant corruption running rampant in Abuja and the state capitals is being...

OPINION: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL’S HYPOCRISY AND THE HYPOCRISY OF NORTHERN NIGERIAN ELDERS.

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We shall continue to speak the truth, death threat notwithstanding. The Northern elders upped the hypocrisy and crocodile tears to a higher degree and another point within the past two weeks or there about. Surprisingly none of them have ever come...

OPINION: DENTING YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT THROUGH AGRICULTURE IN AFRICA

Agriculture is not glamourous. It suffers from entrenched negative perceptions. In the minds of many African youths, a farmer is someone like their parents, doing backbreaking labour in the fields and getting little to show for it. Nonetheless, agriculture...

OPINION: SIERRA LEONE: NURSING AGRICULTURE BACK TO HEALTH

Sierra Leoneans love to eat rice. For them, rice is the food to live on. “It doesn’t matter what other food they eat, they must eat rice at least once a day before they can say they have eaten...

OPINION: ZIMBABWE’S FARMERS STRUGGLE TO FEED THE NATION

Zimbabwe needs 1.8 million tonnes of the staple maize every year to meet the needs of its people and livestock. Only 798,500 tonnes were produced during the 2012/13 agricultural season. As a result, the country that was once dubbed...

OPINION: ‘JONATHAN’S VIOLENT REMOVAL FROM OFFICE IS NOT IN ANYBODY’S INTEREST’

It doesn’t matter if it was a jailbreak, an attack by Boko Haram or even an attempted coup, but one thing I have noticed is that whenever such news stories break, some people get excited. I even saw some people...

OPINION: WHITEHOUSE: PLEASE DO NOT GIVE JONATHAN THE $458 MILLION ABACHA LOOT

We beg you dear America with everything you hold dear, please and please, do not repatriate that $458 million seized Abacha assets/loot to Nigeria right now. In case you do not know, though we know you know, there is...

OPINION: THE HIJACKING OF THE SOVEREIGN NATIONAL CONFERENCE (SNC), JONATHAN HAS LOST HIS MARBLES AND NIGERIANS THEIR BLOODY MINDS.

After reading through the list of delegates for the Nigerian Sovereign National Conference that social justice activists including myself have advocated for many years, my assessment is that the process has been stolen from the populace. Once again President...

OPINION: TESTIMONIALS OF JONATHAN’S AGRICULTURE TRANSFORMATION

What is evident across the country is that an agriculture revolution is taking place. Since the inception of President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, agriculture has seen a new day. The success being recorded in the sector has been eliciting commendable...