Opinion

OPINION: ASARI DOKUBO’S CHALLENGE AND JOE IGBOKWE’S SEARCH FOR RELEVANCE

Nigeria as a united country continues to unravel and it is the responsibility of all reasonable stakeholders to continually question the raison d’etre of its continued preservation. The Rights activist par excellence Asari Dokubo is doing just that but...

OPINION: AT 49, FAYEMI IS A MARVEL

"Despite the onerous difficulties involved in my epic struggle for justice, I am resolute in my conviction that Nigeria belongs to those who are prepared to stand up, stand firm and take control of their destinies. Our young democracy...

OPINION: AGAIN, A CASE OF UNCOUNTED BILLIONS

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To a first-time visitor, much of Nigeria is likely to appear like the wreckage of a long war, what with its gutted roads, rutted infrastructure, the near-absence of electric power, and the paucity of pipe-borne water. It’s a developmental...

OPINION: NKEIRUKA EZEKH: RUSSIAN OF IGBO-NIGERIAN HERITAGE IN WINTER OLYMPICS

Nkeiruka Ezekh,  black Russian  of Igbo-Nigerian heritage is participating and representing her country Russia, the host of 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. She will be participating in the Curling competition at Winter Olympics. This is not the first time Nkeiruka...

OPINION: PLEASE DO NOT IGNORE APC: IT IS ON A RESCUE MISSION

I plead with Nigerians East, West, North, South and Nigerians in Diaspora not to ignore the emergence of APC as one of those antics of politicians to set up a platform to grab power for themselves, the families, cronies...

OPINION: WE ARE THE GOVERNMENT

When I wrote an article titled Failed Government or Failing Citizens in January 2013, I expected a reverberation of mixed comments. I was not disappointed. In that piece, I attempted to challenge the belief system that makes us channel...

OPINION: MUJAHID ASARI DOKUBO IS A BIG FAT IDIOT AND A LIAR

Despicable rhetoric and the phony arrest of outlawed leader of Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force (NDPVF) Mujahid Asari Dokubo made headlines this past two weeks. But one would have to be a retarded monkey to take his endless histrionics...

OPINION: A MESSENGER OF PEACE AND SOLIDARITY GOES TO SAHEL

For his four-country trip to the Sahel in November, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon adopted as his motto an African saying: “One hand cannot tie a bundle.” His guests agreed. On a breezy Monday night last November, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon...

OPINION: DAME JONATHAN – CHAMPIONING ON-LINE PROTECTION AS THE WORLD MARKS SAFER INTERNET DAY

The Internet and the use of ICT has become an integral part of everyday life. In fact, to deny children of mobile phones, ipads or their laptops would appear to them as some sort of cruel and unusual punishment! According...

OPINION: $16BN EPZ PROJECT: STALEMATE IN UGBORODO AS RIVAL FACTIONS STICK TO THEIR GUNS

The adage that says “to have a negotiating position, you must have something to give up” may not be apt in the case of the factions in the Ugborodo crisis in Delta State. There are indications that the two factions...