Opinion

THE OPPORTUNITY COST OF TOMPOLO’S PRIVATE JET

For those who haven’t heard, 43 year old ex-militant, High Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo (aka Tompolo) on Monday 26th August 2013 received his Bombardier SE60 LearJet. The Jet according to aviation sources cost a whopping sum of $13.3 million...

OUR MALPRACTICE-LOVING ATTITUDE AND THE WAEC ACT

Usually those (mis)leading us reason that we, like them, don't give a damn about their maladministration of the country. They take it for granted that we can connect their past and present actions in our bid to decipher how...

WHERE LIES THE SECURITY AND WELFARE?

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The Section 14 subsection 2b of the Nigerian Constitution (As amended) said the welfare and security of the citizens shall be the primary purpose of the government. Now that we have accepted that the nation is broke and only...

2015 RACE: PROTECTING PARTY CONSTITUTION IS THE ANSWER (PART 1)

Any purposeful body, group, organisation or party of people must have certain laid down basic guiding principles that regulates or governs  its operations and ensures equity, justice and fair-play, which members must respect in totality as re-echoed at the...

HOW TO CONTAIN THE GLOBAL ISLAMIC TERRORISM THREAT FROM NIGERIA

A united Nigeria is a danger to the world Nigeria as it is presently constituted will continue to pose real and present threat to the security of the world. A united Nigeria will always contribute significantly to the disruption of...

FEMI FANI-KAYODE AND THE IGBO SUPREMACY SAGA

I am a relatively young man, I know little about history and I won’t even pretend to lie or conjure up irrelevant and funny stories about the past just to deceive people as some others have tried to do...

PRESIDENT JONATHAN AND THE APC LEADERS

Who is a leader? What is the definition of a leader? According to The New Webster’s Dictionary, a leader is “someone who acts as a guide….a conductor of a group”. A good leader is therefore someone who guides his...

AWF’S DEXTEROUS AUGUST MELANGE

The August edition of the celebrated Guest Writer Session inadvertently coincided with the national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP). Given the over-zealous security lockdown associated with the latter’s events, there was a lot of anxiety as to whether...

ASUU STRIKE: I DOUBT PRESIDENT JONATHAN’S DOCTORAL DEGREE

Everyone has a right to a university degree, even if it’s in Hamburger Technology. - Clive James The foundation of every state is the education of its youth. - Diogenes Laertius For those uncouth MBBS graduates who will be reading this,...

UNDERSTANDING WIKE’S POLITICS

Of late, the nation’s political space has been inundated with several political reports and commentaries on the person of Barr. Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, the Minister of State for Education. If he travels to his home-state for a weekend, his...