Opinion

OPINION: SANUSI: NOW, WE KNOW WHY!

Those in the legal profession knew from the outset that the 2007 Act of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) was basically flawed by allowing the Governor of the Bank to also occupy the position of Chairman of its...

OPINION: BOKO HARAM LEADER ABUBAKAR SHEKAU IS DEAD!

"Shekau was mortally wounded in the encounter—on 30 June, when soldiers raided a Boko Haram base at Sambisa Forest—and was sneaked into Amitchide - a border community in Cameroon for treatment... It is greatly believed that Shekau might have...

OPINION: SUSWAM AND GEMADE: OPTIONS BEFORE PDP

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Let me state from the outset that I am not from Benue State. It therefore stands to reason that I cannot also be from Benue North-East Senatorial District, one of the three senatorial districts that make up the state,...

OPINION: NIGERIA: A NATION IN SEARCH OF ROLE MODELS

Wikipedia defines role model as a person looked up to by others as an example to imitate. It is also the act of emulating the life styles of successful people in the society. It is this view of role...

OPINION: MALLAM SANUSI’S SHADY SHARE EXCHANGES ON THE INTERCONTINENTAL BANK PURCHASE

The picture one naturally has of Mallam Sanusi Lamido, the current Central Bank Governor is that he is pious spotless and saintly. One always thinks that he does not live in a glass house so is capable of throwing...

OPINION: THE SUSPENSION OF SANUSI LAMIDO SANUSI

The former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi is not my favourite person and I have differences with him on many issues. I must however commend his immense courage for speaking out and exposing...

OPINION: FORCED CLOSURE OF MARKET FOR APC REGISTRATION, A MILITARY-LIKE AFFAIR?

For keen observers of events happening around the Lagos metropolis you will agree with me that urgent steps are required to restore sanity back to the State of Excellence from the grip of the power-drunk Alliance for Progressive Congress...

OPINION: ANOTHER DEPOSITION IN THE SANUSI CLAN…

History has an uncanny way of repeating itself, at times, in a bitter way.  How else can anyone explain what has befallen Sanusi Lamido Sanusi in the hands of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, who has remained unassuming, even though...

OPINION: DEAD AID: WHY TRADE FACILITATION IS NECESSARY BUT NOT AID

Indeed to release the potential of Africa, there is the need to develop means to facilitate trade across the borders and this means major investments in transport infrastructure including roads, ports; internal container depots; inland water ways and railways...

OPINION: SUSPENSION OF SANUSI LAMIDO SANUSI NOW IS POLITICALLY WRONG

The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria should be like Caesar’s Wife, above all suspicions. Mr. Lamido Sanusi is plastered with suspicions but it is wrong to suspend him now. It is politically not right. Suspending him might also...