Opinion

OPINION: NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION SAVE FISHERMEN & FARMERS

Have you heard the latest jokes about Nigeria? No o, but I know they loot in billions! The Country is a big joke all over the world. From fantastically corrupt labels by the British to disappearing projects by the Kenyans....

OPINION: THINGS GO KAPUT AS APC TURNS AGAINST ITSELF IN A CASE OF POT CALLING KETTLE BLACK

With the broom as its mascot, the ruling All Progressives Party, APC which is an amalgam of five political parties grabbed power at the center in 2015 purely and solely based on its proposal to Nigerians that its mission...

OPINION: BEYOND THE DRAMA: HOW TO RESET THE NDDC AS A GENUINE INTERVENTION AGENCY

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 A lot of us have watched the unfolding drama, accusations and counter accusations involving the national assembly members, past and present management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and the minister of Niger Delta Affairs with great shock...

OPINION: MADAGASCAR’S COVID-19 SOLUTION AND PERILS OF SOLDIERING FOR AFRICAN CURES

Recent reports about the trajectory of the COVID-19 in Madagascar shows an uptick in the rise of infections and deaths. According to reports, public hospitals in the country are only admitting patients with severe symptoms because the surge in...

OPINION: NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALA: A PERFECT FIT FOR THE WTO

In the cesspool of corruption and continuous A-grade drama that is Nigeria, only a handful of names have stood out to tell a different story, not only in Nigerian circles but across global scenes, too. One very prominent name...

OPINION: ASARI DOKUBO, EDWIN CLARK, ND AVENGERS; WHY NO OUTRAGE OVER INIQUITY AT NDDC?

There is no executive or administrative corruption without civil partnerships. What we often see on the surface as corruption in government agencies is deeply tap-rooted -- with connectors to social crusaders, polemists, activists and civic groups. Corruption in Nigeria...

OPINION: REVELATIONS OF HEIST AND HEDONISM OF YOUNGSTERS

Two scenarios are unfolding simultaneously in Nigeria which have occupied much of our media space and national conversations. These are the currently running Big Brother Naija and the investigation of the spate of corrupt practices at the Niger Delta...

OPINION: REFLECTING ON ANTI-INSURGENCY CAMPAIGN IN NORTH-EAST

Nigeria as a country and, Nigerians, my compatriots are wonderful or unpredictable people. There is no crisis facing us that we lack the capacity to handle. I leave the deduction of our capacity to handle the often-self-induced crisis for...

OPINION: NDDC AND OTHER STORIES

It is a show of shame isn't it, what is going on at the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC)? Established in the year 2000 to assuage the fears of the people of the Niger Delta and address their concerns...

OPINION: CHRISTIANITY, JOHN LEWIS, CIVIL RIGHTS, SLAVERY & MONEY

Something just has to be the definition of success, or made it, in this world of visibility. Money or the position to get it seems to be most coveted – in most situations. The loop for much money, and more, is...