Opinion

OPINION: UMARU MUSA YAR’ADUA: THE LEGACY OF A PRESIDENT

At a slippery point in time in Nigeria's history and indeed the history of Africa, where decent leadership is elusive and desperation triumphs; where the people have given up on integrity and the possibility of upright anti corrupt leadership....

OPINION: AS THE IGBO BECOME A MINORITY IN NIGERIA

The Igbo today are groping in a labyrinth of confusion; a labyrinth that they have knitted together out of humongous morsels of selfishness, avarice and ignorance. And as they waltz in the ball of anodyne confusion their status or...

OPINION: BORNO MAYHEM VERSUS EMPTY RHETORIC

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Picking a copy of Daily Sun of Monday February 17th 2014, I immediately had a traumatic emotional shock by the level of carnage and savage attack on humanity that has now become so unbearably painful and pathetic. The cover...

OPINION: NNPC CONTROVERSY: BETWEEN CBN AND MINISTRY OF FINANCE

I have followed, with keen interest, the controversy surrounding the unaccounted federation account funds involving the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). It will be recalled that the CBN Governor, Mallam Lamido Sanusi...

OPINION: APC AND “CHANGE”: THE AREGBESOLA EXAMPLE

Not only is it trending on some social media platforms, the question of how the All Progressives Congress (APC) is going to achieve the “change” the party is promising is a topical issue.  The subject is relevant because many...

OPINION: THE KEROSENE SUBSIDY SCAM AND THE BOKO HARAM MASSACRES

Boko Haram has struck once again, again after not so long when they had struck again. In this latest strike, over 100 villagers in a Christian predominant Izghe farming village were slaughtered, their homes were burned and stores looted....

OPINION: FIGURE JOGGLING: WHAT IS WRONG WITH SANUSI?

At the risk of being labelled an alarmist, it is surprising that none of our top government officials has thought it necessary to suggest that the Central Bank governor be asked to go for some kind of evaluation over...

OPINION: ATIKU, TINUBU AND THE APC TICKET

In the past week, the Atiku Abubakar Media Office has been engrossed in a spirited rebuttal of a story published online. According to the publication, it was alleged that Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) tin-god, had...

OPINION: JONATHAN: A LIBERAL DEMOCRAT OR WEAKLING?

One of the first major challenges that confronted President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, when he assumed power, was how to deal with the mass protests of January 1, 2012, following Government’s sudden hike of petrol pump prices from N65 to...

OPINION: BESIEGED BY THE POLICE

President Goodluck Jonathan is notorious for moving at slower than the speed of a snail when called upon to address issues that rather demand alacrity. Yet, Nigerians are besieged by a terrible plague that Mr. Jonathan can—and should—address immediately....