Opinion

OPINION: NNPC’S N287 BILLION PROFIT: BEYOND MISCHIEF AND MANIPULATION?

The public announcement of a net profit of N287 billion by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for the first time in its 43 years plus history was made by the President, General Muhammadu Buhari though by proxy through...

OPINION: APC, BUNI AND THE BIRTHING OF A TRULY NATIONAL PARTY

In the history of party politics in Nigeria, there has been a challenge between national outlook and ethnic identity. In the First Republic, it was quite easy to identify the major political parties with certain regions of the country...

OPINION: HOW TO BECOME THE PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA IN 2023

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Beyond the Rotation of Presidency between the north and south arrangement, which seems to be taking up a huge chunk of media space as 2023 general elections loom large, there are other critical factors, which are nuanced but Germaine...

OPINION: OF LAGOS GENTLEMEN AND ABUJA PATRIOTS

There is a sign that will confront an African hunter setting off for the night’s job in a distant forest and he will call off the hunt instantly. Like his left toe hitting an object as he saunters out,...

OPINION: RAPE AS SOCIAL HAZARD

The rate at which rape is becoming rampant in the society is quite alarming. The most dreadful part of it is the fact that people do not get raped in confined places outside their homes these days, but right...

OPINION: CONFLICTING COURT JUDGEMENTS, AND NJC’S INTERVENTION AS MEDICINE AFTER DEATH

While it has long been suspected by Nigerians that court judgements are often given in favour of the highest bidder, a series of embarrassing judgements by courts with concurrent jurisdictions over the tenure of the chairmanship of People’s Democratic...

OPINION: JINXES BROKEN BY THE MUHAMMADU BUHARI ADMINISTRATION – PRESIDENCY

A giant-sized jinx was broken recently when the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) announced a first Net Profit in the 44-year history of the organization. Under President Muhammadu Buhari, who doubles as Minister for Petroleum Resources, the oil conglomerate...

OPINION: OSUN AT 30: ISIAKA ADELEKE AS A UNIVERSAL CITIZEN WITH STERLING RECORDS

We give adulation to God, that some of us are still living to witness the 30th Anniversary of the creation of Osun State Osun, our dear state of living spring. I bring her citizen salutation on behalf of Senator...

OPINION: MAJOR THREATS TO TRUE FEDERALISM IN NIGERIA

Federalism is said to be a system of government in which the powers of government are constitutionally shared between the central government and regional units in such a way that each level of government is independent and autonomous. In...

OPINION: FIRST IN CLASS 0F EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP

Unhappy is the country whose leader is not properly educated. Going to school is a matter of urgent national importance unless Nigerians want to submit to the thesis of Boko Haram that “Western education is unwanted.” Incidentally, coming first in...