Opinion

OPINION: ABUNDANT SKILLED LABOUR: WHY ARE WE SO BLEST?

Had the Ghanaian novelist- Ayi Kwei Armah written his 1972 classic a couple of days back, one would have concluded that what was experienced at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, UNTH, Enugu in the course of last week...

OPINION: THE AAP PHENOMENON AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR US

In the past several days I have been a part of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)'s campaigning in Matiala constituency of Delhi. In this small period I have been witness to some inspiring processes and moments – motivation and hard...

OPINION: ABOUT LIFE’S TRAGEDIES

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One thing about impartial, dead reality is that ubiquitous tragedies - feared guests you hate to have at your table - imperiously find their uncheerful, rugged routes to your life anyway. Tragedies are ostensibly mere alien stories when you...

OPINION: OPPOSITION TO A DRUNKEN KLEPTOCRACY: I AM APC AND YOU SHOULD BE TOO

Jonathan is so bad, that he makes APC look like angels. Anyone that is in opposition to this Jonathan’s worst government in the history of Nigeria and perhaps the world, is labeled APC. Why bother rejecting the label, I...

OPINION: KANO’S WAR AGAINST BEER BOTTLES

Activities marking centenary of the amalgamation of Northern and Southern Nigeria into an entity known geopolitically as Nigeria are well under way. With less than four weeks into 2014 which will make Nigeria’s amalgamation one hundred year old, certain political...

OPINION: AGATHA AMATA AT 43

Agatha Amata is the Chief Executive Officer of Inside- Out Media Limited and a Founder of a trustworthy NGO called Foundation for Effective Socio- Economic Change in Africa (FESECA). Inside-Out remains one of the reputable talk shows that cut...

OPINION: ORJI KALU AND THE G-7 GOVERNORS

Reconciliation of differences is one thing that Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, who was a former governor of Abia State, is known for. Without mentioning names, he has reconciled the low and mighty in and outside the shores of Nigeria....

OPINION: DEMONIZING STELLA ODUAH…

Several questions readily present themselves in the lingering imbroglio surrounding Aviation Minister Stella Oduah. However, perhaps none is more relevant than this simple but pertinent question: who is really after her and why?   It is important to raise this...

OPINION: THE RUMOURED “$5 BILLION ECA WITHDRAWAL” AND SELECTIVE AMNESIA

Courtesy of the usually garrulous Governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, Nigerians now know that nearly one trillion of the country's hard earned cash is either missing or somewhere in the accounts of the 36 state governments; or,...

OPINION: ASUU STRIKE: DEAR FG, YOUR ONE-WEEK ULTIMATUM WON’T WORK

At a time Nigerian students earnestly await the announcement of a truce between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities regarding the ongoing strike, the former has in its usual manner of show of unnecessary force,...