Opinion

OPINION: PRESIDENT BUHARI, YOU CAN NOW SEND AKPABIO & OJOUGBOH TO FACE THE FIRING SQUAD FOR LOOTING NDDC

When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn’t swallow the hypocrisy - Barry White My Dear President I bring you Calvary greetings. Before I start, I swear that everything you will read here is...

OPINION: NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT PLANS TO LAUNCH ‘AGENDA 2050’ ECONOMIC RECOVERY MASTERPLAN

The Federal Government is set to develop the country's "Agenda 2050″ and a Medium-Term National Development Plan, MTNDP, 2021-2025 to coordinate sectoral approaches. The Minister of State, Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Clement Agba made this...

OPINION: FOREIGN HAJJ CANCELLATION AND MATTERS OF N150 BILLION

Ask ZiVA 728x90 Ads
The ban placed on pilgrims from hajj participating countries by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia due to COVID 19 pandemic has thrown public discourse on the economic impact and the networking effects the ban will have on the hajj...

OPINION: BABA-INNA, DAURA AND WHY IT APPEARS MAGU WILL ONLY GET THE BOOT IF INDICTED

Let the facts speak for themselves: Was President Buhari aware of a DSS report indicting embattled EFCC boss, Ibrahim Magu, of hobnobbing with criminals and even living in a N20M per annum house they paid 2 years for? Yes, he...

OPINION: LESSONS FROM BAMIDELE OLUMILUA’S LIFE

Wole Olanipekun! Remember him? Yes! Everybody talks about him in glowing terms: he is gifted and God-fearing. As a matter of fact, everybody marvels at how the accomplished technocrat, who rose to the pinnacle of his career as Senior...

OPINION: CHILD WITCH PERSECUTION AND POLICE INTERVENTION IN OGUN STATE

The news that a couple tortured their granddaughter for witchcraft circulated widely on social media. Someone drew my attention to the report in The Nation newspaper. That was late on July 9, 2020. I tried reaching the correspondent who...

OPINION: MEET LAMIDO YUGUDA, THE NEW SEC BOSS

President Muhammadu Buhari, recently appointed an Economist, Dr. Lamido Yuguda, as the Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This brings to an end, the 2-year long controversy surrounding the office of the DG, SEC. He is a Fellow...

OPINION: NIGER DELTA AFFAIRS AS CORRUPTION AFFAIRS

These days if you watch the global news as channels, the likelihood is very high that you would hear and see profits that the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil is depleting at an alarming rate no doubt. However, much of the...

OPINION: WHAT HAPPENED TO THE $2.1BN ARMS PROBE AGAINST DASUKI?

A few months after the presidential inauguration in 2015, the Buhari administration launched a Jihad against corruption and applied itself to pseudo-reformist proselytising. The government caterwauled over how the Jonathan administration magicked the public treasury into exclusive pockets. The...

OPINION: ONCE UPON A TIME VICE – CHANCELLOR’S RACE

Once upon a time, the choice of Vice-Chancellor for any University in Nigeria was based on merit and the choice was made by members of the Council, elected members from the Senate and Congregation of the University. Once upon a...