Opinion

OPINION: AS NIGERIA TOPS WORLD IN DANGEROUS HIGH SEA PIRACY

On January 29th, 2014, PSV Cee Jay liner was attacked by pirates and boarded off the coast of Bayelsa State. The Pirates kidnapped the Master and Chief Engineer and robbed the crew. The next day, the Tug Lamnalco Hawk...

OPINION: A DAY OF GORY TALES AT THE US CONSULATE

Every upsetting creation has its own odd value, though. This blustery morning, it was a huge rat hurdling in the bathroom that thankfully stirred me from the bottom of deep sleep. Time was 4am, the hour Lagos would be...

OPINION: OF HALLMARK AWARD AND SENATOR NDOMA-EGBA

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On February 21, 2014, the award of 'Lawmaker of the Year 2013' was conferred on Majority Leader of the Senate, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, at the annual Hallmark Newspaper Awards ceremony held at the Civic Centre in Victoria Island, Lagos. Ndoma-Egba,...

OPINION: NIGERIA’S PRESIDENT NOW BLAMES CAMEROON FOR BOKO HARAM INSURGENCY

The President of Nigeria is accusing its eastern neighbor, Cameroon of not cooperating with it and allowing cross-border pursuit of Boko Haram terrorists it claims return to Cameroon after attacks in Nigeria. The Boko Haram insurgency has claimed thousands of...

OPINION: MOHAMMED HARUNA, SANUSI AND THE FRC REPORT

On Wednesday, February 26, 2014, at the office, I was minding my business, trying to avoid another Sanusi argument when a column by Mohammed Haruna on the back page of DAILY TRUST caught my eye. I later saw it...

OPINION: AN OPEN LECTURE/LETTER TO PROFESSOR WOLE SOYINKA

If you want to think, speak and act logically then you should know all three. 1. The law of identity 2. The law of excluded middle 3. The law of non-contradiction. Now let's look at each one of these and see what they...

OPINION: THE NIGERIAN POLITICIANS AND THE REST OF US.

The return of politics in Nigeria has made a lot of us to become political analysts, commentators and opinion leaders overnight despite the fact that we are always in a hurry to deny the fact that politics runs in...

OPINION: THE GOSPEL OF LOVE

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life." —John 3:16. Because so many Americans watch sports events, some Christians attempt to present a...

OPINION: SINCERELY, WHO SUSPENDED SANUSI LAMIDO?

In a palace coup reminiscent of the ouster of Generals Yakubu Gowon and Muhammadu Buhari, erstwhile Governor of Central Bank, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, was unceremoniously suspended from the apex bank a few days ago. Mallam Sanusi, like the...

OPINION: ABACHA AWARD: THERE IS HONOUR AMONG THIEVES

Only a thief will give an award to a thief. Giving an award to a thief is not only a national insult, it is treason. Our pledge is to defend the nation's honour. The nation has been dragged in...