Opinion

OPINION: Attack on Soludo and ‘The Politics of Bitterness’

It was on Wednesday, the 31st of March, 2021, a key event that will likely shape the nature and direction of Anambra politics, as well as the fate of Anambra State 2021 gubernatorial election scheduled for November took place...

OPINION: Ortom, Open Grazing Prohibition Law & Benue 2023

With 2023 silhouetted against the political horizon, and with political discussions in the Benue market-square getting louder, it is needful for one more interested observer to join the conversation. The aim is to enliven the conversation by enriching it...

OPINION: HOW DO WE PLEAD ALLOCUTUS FOR NIGERIA?

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In a court somewhere in Nigeria... My Lord by way of allocutus the accused person now the convict pleaded guilty for the crime of cybercrime aka 'yahoo-yahoo' at the earliest possible time upon his arraignment, thereby not wasting the honorable...

OPINION: UPRISING IN THE EAST; UPROAR IN THE NORTH – BUT NIGERIA GO SURVIVE

Nigeria is at a tempestuous crossroads. It will be a failed attempt at casuistry to play down the multi-pronged encumbrances the country is contending with. All is not well. It appears when attention is turned to one problem, another...

OPINION: Mohammed Attah: A Good Material For House of Reps

His first into the murky waters of politics was in 1999, when some concerned citizens of Jimeta, led by Alhaji Yusuf DanUma asked him to contest for the position of Chairman of Yola-North Local Government. Infact, he does not...

OPINION: PH to Owerri: Reminiscing The Amaechi Days In Rivers

I recently passed through Port Harcourt on a trip to Owerri, Imo State. The road was a bit lonely, thus raising security concerns for me. But I received assurance from my very gracious driver and travel companion Chimdi that...

OPINION: YINKA ODUMAKIN: AN ODE TO THE FALLEN ONE

I saw him some months ago when he came to our office at Lugard purposefully about the condition of the national union. It was always about the state of the Union. Never about himself. Never about personal gains or...

OPINION: BALA-USMAN: FIXING THE APAPA GRIDLOCK WITH “ETO”

The roads leading to the two Nigerian ports in Lagos have been for many years an abiding source of heartache and nightmare. Businesses have had to relocate from that part of the city for that very reason. Residents tell...

OPINION: DISSECTING THE ANTECEDENCE AND PEDIGREE OF RT. HON. AHMED IDRIS WASE

I have followed the reactions which trails the event of March 10th, 2021, at the hallowed chambers of the lower house of the National Assembly with keen interest. It was a day when Hon. Mark Gbillah member representing Gwer-Gwer west...

OPINION: WILL THE NAIRA EVER RETURN TO ITS FORMER GLORY?

There was a time when the Naira was worth almost twice as much as the Dollar and equivalent to the British Pound. Almost three decades later, the local currency is valued at N407 per Dollar and N559 per Pound on...