Opinion

OPINION: ANAMBRA: TIME FOR JUDICIARY TO REDEEM ITSELF

Even non-legal practitioners know that a State High Court cannot give a consequential order to a federal agency like the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Any serious action which involves a federal agency must go to the Federal High...

OPINION: MAKING THE MOST OF OUR NATIONAL INDEBTEDNESS

Debt is one of the few English words that can be translated to any language in the world without a shed of sweat. It’s that universal. No doubt, it ranks as one of the foremost liabilities hugging man- and...

OPINION: PRINCE MUIS SHODIPE-DOSUNMU: AN AVOIDABLE DEATH.

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I was a victim of COVID 19, a survivor through the grace of Allah. I know the tremendous pains, the excruciating vice grip on the lungs, the racking throttling of the throat, the persistent, savage coughing, the gasping heavy...

OPINION: NIGERIAN ELECTIONS ARE BOUGHT AND SOLD LIKE SUYA

There’s this book by Peter Enahoro entitled You Gotta Laugh to Cry. The so-called democratic elections in Nigeria almost always end up making all Nigerians laugh to cry. Let’s start from Nigeria’s much-ballyhooed return to democracy in 1999 during which an...

OPINION: NEITHER FOR NOR AGAINST SACKED PASTORS

Many have expressed their views for or against the sacked pastors of Living Faith Church; for or against the church and its presiding bishop, Dr David Oyedepo. I’m for neither. For the following reasons First, for the pastors, I’m sure...

OPINION: SENATOR BWACHA’S TARABA DILEMMA

The Senate Deputy Minority Leader, Senator Emmanuel Bwacha, is, by all ramifications, a political figure to reckon with as far as the political landscape of Taraba State is concerned. However, as the hustle and tussle for the number one seat...

OPINION: HOW UDOM INOYO CLEARED COBWEBS IN UYO

The cobwebs this time wasn't woven by spiders and didn't form from dust. This cobweb, the unpleasant silky barrier were negative notions and perception held tight by a lot of people.  They said he was a snob, distant, not...

OPINION: ABBA KYARI: A FALL FROM GRACE

The story of Abba Kyari, the Deputy Commissioner of Police and erstwhile head of the Nigerian Police Intelligence Response Team speaks to the fate of all men who are overtaken by hubris, that flaw of character from which tragedies...

OPINION: FOUR YEARS OF PURPOSEFUL LEADERSHIP IN ADAMAWA BOARD OF INTERNAL REVENUE

It is not an understatement, to say, that there has been a purposeful leadership at the Adamawa State Board of Internal Revenue. The last four years have been an eventful one at the board  due to the foresight and...

OPINION: RISING COST OF FOOD

A visit to the market in recent times, and as a matter of fact, in the last one year, reveals that the cost of food items has increased drastically! Life has therefore become increasingly difficult for many Nigerians, especially...