Opinion

OPINION: 20 TAKEAWAYS FROM PETROLEUM INDUSTRY BILL

The Executive Bill was transmitted to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari in September 2020, after about 12 years that the PIB had remained work-in-progress. Below are 20 takeaways from the Bill now undergoing legislative process at the National...

OPINION: OKOWA’S CONVERSION OF TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS INTO UNIVERSITIES: SAGACITY OR ACCIDENTAL MASTERSTROKE?

One of the iconic leaders that is often cited all over the world as an exemplar, is Lee Kuan Yew, who was the prime minister of Singapore that owes much of his fame to the legacy of a phenomenal,...

OPINION: THE BUHARI REFORMS THAT REVIVED NIGERIA’S OIL INDUSTRY

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For President Muhammad Buhari, his long time plan to reform Nigeria's oil and gas sector will remain indelible and one that has brought full fulfilment to him in his six-year leadership of the country. PMB's long-awaited plan to reform the...

OPINION: NDI – ABIA, GODS’ OWN STATE – WE WON’T ALLOW THAT WE ARE ASKED, WHERE IS THY GOD?

My Abia Progressives, we don’t have a choice but must begin to come together for one single reason, to liberate ourselves from the shackles of our enemies. Our enemies are no other than – the swindlers, profiteers, 10 per...

OPINION: BUHARI AND THE NEW SERVICE CHIEFS

Many Nigerians were understandably shocked, surprised, if not alarmed last week, when they suddenly heard the news that the President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari had finally decided to relieve the service chiefs appointed in 2015 of their appointments. The...

OPINION: FULANI BANDITRY: FLICKER OF LIGHT FROM NORTHERN ELDERS

Being "extreme left" or "extreme right" are measurement standards that solely depend on who is doing the definition. To a leftist everything is right and to the rightist, everything is left. That's where we are today as a nation...

OPINION: CORONAVIRUS VACCINE RACISM: A TIME TO LOOK EASTWARDS?

To get the over 200 million people in Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria, vaccinated against Covid-19 on time, the president, Mohammadu Buhari, mandated the Presidential Task Force , PTF, headed by Boss Mustafa, Secretary to Government of The Federation,...

OPINION: CHRISTIANITY, DARK AGES, EVANGELISM AND PHILOSOPHY

What if Justinian the Great did not just build the then Church of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, but instead drove massive evangelistic drive – through the East, and beyond? What if the move was to ensure that translations of...

OPINION: SUNDAY IGBOHO AND THE YORUBA NATION

In the past week, in the South Western part of Nigeria, we have been treated to stories of conflicts in Ondo and Oyo States between herdsmen, identified as Fulani, and the Yoruba owners of indigenous communities. In Ondo state,...

OPINION: REBUILDING THE RUINS OF NIGERIA

Right before our very eyes, the political class in Nigeria has brought Nigeria to her knees. The nation is battling with recession and unprecedented levels of insecurity in every part of the country. Tears flow down my eyes whenever...