Opinion

OPINION: DIARY OF AN ALMOST FRUSTRATED STARTUP

About five years ago, in a promo tagged 9jillion, Etisalat gave out one million dollars ($1,000,000) which some persons initially considered unrealistic. Even though I’d never won anything all my life (except for free drinks), I still believed promos...

OPINION: UNITY IN NORTHERN NIGERIA, CAN IT BE SALVAGED?

Within the past week, we read in the papers that the self appointed and self styled Northern Elders Forum (NEF) met with their other arm, Jamatul Nasir Islam (JNI) in Kaduna. As is always expected after their meetings, they...

OPINION: THE EFFECTS OF NEPOTISM IN NIGERIA

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According to Wikipedia, nepotism is the practice among those with power or influence of favoring relatives or friends, especially by giving them jobs. This practice has become too rampart in the country that every zone has name for it,...

OPINION: SUPERPOWERS IGNORE GLOBAL HIV EPIDEMIC AMONG BLACKS, ESPECIALLY HOMOSEXUAL MALES

“For the dead and the living, we must bear witness.”― Elie Wiesel Beyrer C et al; “The increase in global HIV epidemics in MSM,” November 13th 2013 published in the AIDS journal, explains that HIV can be transmitted through large...

OPINION: BURDEN OF SINCERITY: TIME TO RESTRUCTURE EFCC

When foremost Ijaw National leader, Chief Edwin Clark called for the sack of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde, not many Nigerians understood what the issues were. Clark had called for Lamorde’s sack...

OPINION: 2015 ELECTIONS AND THE OUTSET OF SILLY SEASON

Barely a year before the 2015 general elections, some politicians are adopting laughable political antics just to attract media attention and better their chances of retaining a semblance of relevance in the run-up to the elections.  Pranks of this...

OPINION: APC AND THE REVOLTING INJUSTICE AGAINST SHEKERAU, BAFARAWA

Martin Luther King, Jr., the American civil rights leader, is reported to have said, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”  The truth in this quote cannot be overemphasised.  As such, I am moved to show solidarity with...

OPINION: JONATHAN, TUKUR AND A GOVERNMENT OF JEZEBELS

I must commend President Goodluck Jonathan for removing Alhaji Bamanga Tukur as National Chairman of the PDP and finally dumping him. It really is good riddance to bad rubbish because that man was a disaster to his party. PDP...

OPINION: THE PATIENCE JONATHAN THEY DON’T KNOW

Dame Patience Faka Jonathan, Nigeria’s First Lady, is by far Nigeria’s most visible and influential First Lady, with news of her inspiring activities spanning local and international climes. She had learnt the ropes as chief hostess of the nation...

OPINION: WHOSE NATIONAL DIALOGUE IS IT?

When I learnt of what they resolved from their one day Youth Round Table Dialogue that had the theme: “Our Stake, Our Representation and the National Conference,” I hurriedly checked to know if the percentage of the population of...