Opinion

OPINION: PATIENCE JONATHAN: CARING FOR CHILDREN WITH HEART AILMENTS

Paul was born in November 2006. He was actually born twins. A few days after the twins were born, it was noticed that Paul was not active as his twin brother. His breathing pattern was irregular; hence he was...

OPINION: A TRUE STORY

The best stories are usually the true ones. The following story is not only true but it is also revealing and remarkable. Please fasten your seatbelts, sit back and patiently read it. You never know, you may learn something...

OPINION: THE DEPRIVATION AND COLLUSION IN THE BAN OF FISH IMPORT

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Happy new year beautiful people and welcome back to our rendezvous. Permit me to allow fish engage our attention today. It seems the creature is angered by our letting goats, cows chickens and turkeys steal the spotlight as if it...

OPINION: THE GIANT STRIDES OF NWAKPA IN NCDMB

Before the drafting, passage and the signing of the Nigerian Local Content Act in to law by President Goodluck Jonathan in 2010, most of the local jobs were done by expatriates in Nigeria. From oil and gas sector to...

OPINION: 100 YEARS AND 100 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT NIGERIA

1. Nigeria, with a 2013 estimated population of 174,507,539 is the most populous Black nation and the 7th most populated nation in the entire world, trailing after—from least to most—Pakistan, Brazil, Indonesia, USA, India and China (1.3bn). 2. Nigerians are...

OPINION: NIGERIANS YAWN OVER MISSING BILLIONS

On December 9 and 10, several websites and newspapers published a startling letter that Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had written to President Goodluck Jonathan. In the letter, Mr. Sanusi alerted the president...

OPINION: AT THE BEWITCHING HOUR: NIGERIA CLOCKS IN AT 100 STILL IN DENIAL

KNOWN DIFFERENCES Time was when the British colonialists were accused of creating one-Nigeria in total ignorance of the stark differences existing between the different peoples that erstwhile lived independently and as neighbors in the geospace currently occupied by “Nigeria” prior...

OPINION: MISSING DOLLARS: SANUSI LAMIDO SANUSI; SAINT OR SINNER?

There is no doubt, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi is among the controversial figures in Nigeria of today. At times, one will be wondering if the man is actually the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria or a public...

OPINION: NIGERIA; 2015 AND A ‘DIMINISHED’ SOVEREIGNTY

Few days before last year's yuletide, a major political statement with far-reaching constitutional import was made by the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission Professor Attahiru Jega to the effect that if the violent and bloody insurgency in...

OPINION: NIGERIA @ 100: THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES STANDING BEFORE OUR YOUTHS

Each time I talk about Nigeria celebrating 100 years of nationhood in most youth organizations, the response I usually get from my fellow youths is “how come we are celebrating Nigeria at 100 when we just finished celebrating Nigeria...