Opinion

OPINION: DSS WILL ABDUCT MORE NIGERIANS FOR BEING ”IRRITANTS” – MY 2020 PROPHECIES

Permit me to indulge in this end-of-the-year humbug. I have read some prophecies for the year 2020 by men who arrogate to themselves the title ''man of God''. Well, since I am not born of Satan, I believe I...

OPINION: CHRISTMAS, MFM AND THE “WHERE IS IT IN THE BIBLE?” CHRISTIANS

I have just read the position of the General Overseer of Mountain of Fire & Miracles Ministries, Dr Daniel Olukoya, on Christmas, followed by an official statement from the church's Public Relations Officer, one Mr Collins Edomaruse, strengthening that...

OPINION: THE NIGERIAN CRISIS COMETH 2020

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By the time many of us would be reading this, essay it would be the last 48 hours of the year 2019 or the first 48 hours of 2020. For me it is not so much about 2020 but...

OPINION: 2020; AFRICA AND THE BURDEN OF DEVELOPMENT

With the year 2020 now with us, it is just a decade, that separates us from the attainment of 2030 sustainable agenda - a United Nations initiative and successor programme to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) - with a collection of 17 global goals formulated among...

OPINION: OKONKWO’S SOLUTION TO THE IGBO LEADERSHIP QUESTION

The Civic Center at Enugwu-Ukwu in Njikoka local government area of Anambra state witnessed a different kind of Christmas. As people of the area enjoyed the Christmas festivities, Uche Nworah, the Director General of Anambra Broadcasting Service (ABS), was...

OPINION: WILL HISTORY BE KIND TO BUHARI AS HE WISHED?

I never thought President Buhari cared about posterity or how he would be evaluated when he leaves office because his actions now betray any reflection on the future. I also never thought he was a ''philosopher president'' who ponders...

OPINION: CHRISTIANITY, RCCG: WHO CAN EXPLAIN TRAGEDY?

The suddenness of things that happen in this world that the mind cannot understand or that knowledge cannot explain is a constant reminder of much – beyond the known, or seen. The edge that every life is, remains disregarded until...

OPINION: NOW THAT DASUKI AND SOWORE HAVE BEEN RELEASED FROM DETENTION

The Tuesday December 24 2019 release from detention of both the former National Security Adviser Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd) and publisher of Sahara Reporters Omoyele Sowore came unexpectedly.  A terse press release from the Office of the Attorney General...

OPINION: OGONI; GAHP, FG AND LESSONS NOT LEARNED

Prior to May 1999, when civil rule returned to Nigeria after decades of successive military dictatorships, fierce wars raged between ethnic and social forces in Nigeria over the ownership and control of oil resources in the Niger Delta. Then,...

OPINION: THE UNCUSTOMARY CUSTOM OF THE NIGERIA CUSTOMS SERVICE OFFICIALS 

This is an eye witness account of how Nigeria Customs Service Officials took wire transfer bribe on the freeway. In the past, I have never had any reason to deal with Nigeria custom officials while driving. All that changed in...