Opinion

OPINION: SUPER EAGLES, MADUKA OKOYE AND THE AFCON DEFEAT 

Nigerians are very bad losers in politics, sports or both. Nothing illustrates this better than the politics of acrimony that is already emerging over the mode of primaries for the 2023 general election. But even more specifically, would be...

OPINION: IN NIGERIA, NOT MUCH MAKES SENSE

A lady in Chicago was reported to have used hammers to kill flies. When asked why, she replied that she wanted to make sure the sucker was dead! –Ezeana Achusim President Muhammadu Buhari has called on the relevant bodies to...

OPINION: OSUN APC AND LYRICS OF RECONCILIATION

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The National Reconciliation Committee of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) paid a visit to Osun State recently in an effort to reconcile aggrieved members of the party in the state. Nigerians expected that the aggrieved members would be open...

OPINION: NIGERIA 2023: CANDIDATES WEY NO SABI

“...I know who will be the next president, but I will not mention his name, because if I do, the person will be eliminated...” Mr. Muhammadu Buhari In our political party, we do what we promise Only fools can believe We will...

OPINION: WHO KILLED SYLVESTER OROMONI JNR?

The Police Report released on the cause of Sylvester Oromoni's death is a sad reminder of a nation in dire need of integrity and official honesty.  It revealed that the 12 years old died of natural cause. "Death was...

OPINION: FEAR AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

A difference between developed countries and others is fear. There are many developing countries in the world where the people are so afraid to try things that would make them progress, almost prompting the question: who taught them to...

OPINION: 2023: IGBO AND NIGERIAN CHARTER OF EQUITY

It is a special privilege to commence this essay writing with a quotation from one of the tiniest, but yet mightiest works of the late Professor Chinua Achebe and this book I'm afraid sold like a hot cake whilst...

OPINION: CHRISTIANISATION OF NIGERIA BY PRESIDENT BUHARI

In the heat of the 2018 killings, I received a deluge of broadcast messages steeped in conspiracy theories of how the Federal Government was backing certain criminal groups in their orgy of bloodletting. According to one of the well-noised...

OPINION: NNPC BOARD, ARARAUME AND HIS UNFAIR COMEUPPANCE

A maiden board of the new Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited was inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, January 7, 2022, under the chair of Senator Margery Okadigbo. But before the consummation of the Okadigbo-led board, there was...

OPINION: THE ELECTION OF 2023 IN PROSPECTS

It has started, the quest for a better Nigeria in 2023. Who are the ones running? How many are vying? We are in crucial and very giddy times, where we have to be meticulous in our validations. Personally, the 2023 election...