Opinion

OPINION: NIGERIA @60: BUHARI’S DISAPPOINTING SPEECH

After many years of colonial administration, Nigeria eventually succeeded in attaining independence on October 1, 1960. This could not have happened without the tireless struggle of our great nationalists who made innumerable sacrifices for the country to be liberated...

OPINION: #ENDSARS MORE OF A LARGER PROBLEM THAN A PROTEST

Often people ask me why I write on certain topics and issues all the time, like bashing governments at all levels and the band of 'confusionists' that run them, my take on the education, health and power sector, arguments...

OPINION: NIGERIA @ 60: THE RIGHT TIME TO BREAK UP OR ADOPT SWISS STYLE OF GOVERNMENT

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As some of Nigerian leaders and Nigerians home and abroad celebrated the Diamond Jubilee of the country Thursday, October 1st, 2020. I think this is the right time for the country to 'Break Up' or the Swiss style of...

OPINION: CRIMINALIZING PROTEST: A GRAVE DANGER TO NIGERIA’S DEMOCRACY

The civic space in Nigeria is facing a difficult moment, the present APC led government continuous clampdown on protesters and those with dissenting views portends grave danger to democracy. From south to north, west to east, the story is the...

OPINION: FOUNDING AN IGBO STATE

The Nigerian state has demonstrated over and over again that it is unwilling to provide for and protect Igbo lives and property in the country or elsewhere. It has shown times without number its readiness to remorselessly kill, maim...

OPINION: GARBA SHEHU’S ‘ATTACK’ ON ADEBOYE WAS TO REBUKE OSINBAJO

I believe you have all noticed. Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo is regaining his stature and waxing reformist on some of the problems dogging Nigeria. He is breaking out of the supposed cabal-stitched straitjacket into a tinderbox of chutzpah. It seems...

OPINION: HAVE KIDNAPPERS KIDNAPPED GOVERNMENT

Aside terrorism, Nigeria has obviously snowballed into a huge killing field whereby armed marauders seem to be passing the message that Nigeria lacks a government. Government as it were, ought to be like the SUPERMAN who should watch over the...

OPINION: TRUMP’S COVID-19 INFECTION

On Friday, October 2, the news channels were inundated with the Breaking News of US President Donald Trump and the First Lady of the United States, Melania Trump's COVID-19 infection. Barely three days earlier the US President taking part...

OPINION: RESOURCE CURSE, ENLIGHTENED LEADERSHIP AND PRESSURE FROM BELOW

KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY DR. OTIVE IGBUZOR, FOUNDING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF AFRICAN CENTRE FOR LEADERSHIP, STRATEGY & DEVELOPMENT (CENTRE LSD) AND CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE DEPUTY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA  AT THE LAUNCH...

OPINION: LEGACY

I call it my shared passion with my father, Mr Joseph Akokizi Odhegba. I am an engineer turned author and entrepreneur, a mum, a vast and avid reader. My foray into books started very early. I remember as young...