Opinion

OPINION: THE GRAND AMBUSH: CHRONICLES OF PRESIDENT JONATHAN’S TRIBULATIONS

One thing is certain about the Jonathan Presidency. It will go down in history as the most attacked presidency in our democratic history – whether rightly or wrongly, history shall tell. His ascension to power as acting President was...

OPINION: AFTER OBASANJO’S AND SANUSI’S LETTERS: THE NEXT STEPS

It is obvious that Mr. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi will not resign his position as I and others had called for. He would not do so because there had not been any precedent of any Nigerian resigning his position because...

OPINION: SOUTH SUDAN CRISIS: A LESSON FOR RABID SECCESIONISTS

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The month of July, 2011 marked a turning point in the history of South Sudan. Not only did it eventually come out of over two and half decades of a bloody civil war in Sudan after intense struggle with...

OPINION: THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF SHATTERED DREAMS

There is so much death in this country. So many tears. So much evil. So much betrayal. So much sadness and so many tragedies. So much corruption and deceit. So many shattered dreams, broken hearts and wounded souls. So...

OPINION: EMPEROR JONATHAN: MY PERSON OF THE YEAR

Yoruba proverb says “Oruko nroni,” which literally means your life is shaped by your name. As President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan name suggests, he has a habit of being in the right place at the right time. Apart from his...

OPINION: BEFORE EBELE HANDOVER: OIL SECTOR “SOLD” TO RIGHTFUL OWNERS

Do you love Nigeria as your Country without oil resources or just want your opportunity to loot? As Ebele term ends, no amount of Party and family business distractions will control the oil sector.  Nigeria/Biafra War boiled down to...

OPINION: DR IYAYI AND ASUU: NOW THAT FG REGAINS HER HEAD

I deliberately delayed my epitaph to Dr Festus Iyayi until funeral rites in his honour are completed. I also want to feel the impulse of the people of his nativity, who, having lost an illustrious son to a struggle...

OPINION: WHY NIGERIA CANNOT HAVE CREDIBLE LEADERS

Leadership and leaders in a society (in this context, a country) are produced by and from its people. The people in turn are what they are through the influence of their social or value system – the culture that...

OPINION: WHY LAMIDO SANUSI SHOULD RESIGN AS THE NIGERIAN CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR

The most important asset a bank has is its credibility. The bank’s credibility is carried by the governor and is embodied in the person of the governor. It is this credibility that makes national and international commerce go on....

OPINION: NIGERIA “MONEY NO MISS”

‘The longest road you’re going to have to walk is from here to here.' Let me first issue a caveat, I am not a finance expert, an economist, or auditor, I am not a banker, I have not held the...