Opinion

WHY A NIGERIAN DEBATE IS DANGEROUS

If you’re observant, you’d have noticed that hardly does any debate or divergence of opinions between Nigerians occur on social media or in the blogosphere these days without it turning into a tug of torrent abuses and personality assassination. Too...

UN CHIEF TEAMS UP WITH WORLD BANK LEADER TO RESOLVE CONFLICT AND FIGHT POVERTY IN CONGO

A new partnership brings in troops and dollars As the United Nations intervention brigade takes up positions to confront armed rebels in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, expectations are high among some Congolese that perhaps...

AN INFORMED UPDATE ON THE TRANSFORMATION AGENDA: HOW PRESIDENT JONATHAN PUTS MONEY IN YOUR POCKET!

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Transformation can be defined as a thorough and dramatic change in form or appearance, so when President Jonathan promised Nigerians a Transformation Agenda, it is easy to assess if he is delivering on his promise by checking to see...

APC GOVERNORS: THE HOPE OF A NEW NIGERIA

Every nation has its own heroes and villains, cerebral and non-cerebral, strong and the weak, educated and non-educated, performers and non-performers, the good and the bad leaders, etc. In every serious nation, it is the work of the intellectuals...

DEPORTATION BROUHAHA: FASHOLA CUP DON FULL

On May 14, 2013, when I published an article ‘Fashola: Porting from admirable achievements to peeving policies’, some respondents could have sworn that it was sponsored. Their position was however pardonable because unfortunately, we are in a country where...

INTERVENTION BRIGADE: END GAME IN THE CONGO?

UN peacekeeping task enters a new phase To the outsider at least, the immediate problem with the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)—a perennial vortex of instability, massive human rights violations and wars both petty and large—is...

AS CONSULTATION TOWARD CHOOSING THE NEXT GOVERNOR IN CROSS RIVER STATE BUILDS UP

The most reasonable thing to do now in Cross River State is for the baton of leadership to shift from Central to Northern Senatorial District if the desired and most yearned balance must be achieved. Failure to do this would...

INDECENT DRESSING, THE NEXT LEVEL?

Indecent exposure is described by the Encarta dictionary as the act of deliberately displaying part of the body, usually the genitals, to somebody else in public. Unfortunately, that is the situation our society has suddenly found itself. Men and women,...

OF KWARA AVIATION COLLEGE AND THE 2020 VISION

The Aviation business in Nigeria witnessed an unprecedented increase in economic boost in the late 1950s upon attaining independence after a long break off from the colonial masters . More airlines became interested in the booming sector and subsequently...

OPRAH WINFREY: A BILLIONAIRE IN SEARCH OF RESPECT IN SWITZERLAND

Oprah Winfrey just like Coca- Cola needs no introduction; she is a television icon with her TV show that was simply called ‘Oprah Winfrey Show’. For over 25 years the show blossom and has been seen around the world....