Opinion

OPINION: EDO 2020: WHO DETERMINES THE MODALITIES FOR APC GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARY ELECTION?

"Real liberty is neither found in despotism nor the extremes of democracy but in moderate governments" - Alexander Hamilton. In a vivacious democracy, the Party Constitution ascribes roles and responsibilities that guide its members' conducts and operations. This means the...

OPINION: A MEMO ON THE VALIDITY AND FEASIBILITY OF A VIRTUAL PRIMARY ELECTION IN THE WAKE OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN NIGERIA

In analyzing whether or not a virtual primary election (or just primaries) is possible in the face of covid-19 pandemic, recourse must be made to Section 87 of the Electoral Act. There is no gainsaying the negative impacts of Covid-19...

OPINION: PUBLIC SERVICE RULES AND THE MINISTRY OF POWER: MATTERS ARISING

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"As we create an environment that allows initiative, enterprise and hard work to thrive, it is more important than ever to call out those who find the rule of law an inconvenience, or independent regulation an irritation." President Muhammadu...

OPINION: GOVERNOR HOPE UZODINMA AND IMO STRATEGIC POLITICKING

Imo State governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma is not oblivious to the fact that 2024 gubernatorial election in the state will be hotly contested with unprecedented number of opposition elements unrelenting in their quest to unseat his government which is...

OPINION: WAHEED BAKARE: GOOD NIGHT MY FRIEND, BROTHER AND BOSS

Inna Lillahi wa Inna ilaihi raji'uun (We belong to Allah and to Him shall we return) When I received the devastating news of the demise of Saturday Editor of New Telegraph newspaper, Alhaji Waheed Bakare, on the WhatsApp platform of...

OPINION: POPULISM, SCIENTISM: IS CHRISTIANITY A CULT?

Populism has maybe probably failed. The totality that any leader could repair it all is talk that should – now – be met with high skepticism. As great as democracy is, or seems to be, it is clear that absolute...

OPINION: AFRICA, EID-AL-FITR AND THE VIRUS

This year's eid-al-fitr, the Muslim festival marking the end of the month of Ramadan, during which Muslims fast for 29 or 30 days, in observance of one of the Five Pillars of Islam, was celebrated on Saturday and Sunday...

OPINION: WHAT PRESIDENT BUHARI, TINUBU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT GOVERNOR GODWIN OBASEKI, CHIEF ODIGIE OYEGUN

I have read with utmost disappointment what Chief John Odigie-Oyegun called a public press statement and paid adverts in two national newspapers or more to express his views on party matters. As a former National Party Chairman, he ought...

OPINION: UZODINMA’S SECURITY VOTE WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER

The Imo state governor Hope Uzodinma on Friday signed into law an Executive Bill he personally sent to his boys at the Imo state House of Assembly requesting them to cancel the monthly payments of pensions to former governors,...

OPINION: THE OFAAC INITIATIVE

One of the functions of intellectual property law (trademark law especially), says a research report, is to construct and enforce particular notions of corporate identity as a property right. Intellectual property law it added creates proprietary right over intangible...