Opinion

OPINION: THE POLITICS OF AMOTEKUN CREATION AND ATTEMPTED OUTLAW

Security is the principal obligation of government, because it is the most important need of man. Life is universally considered sacred, but only the lives of the ruling oligarchy is sacred in Nigeria. Being alive is a privilege as...

OPINION: SHOULD A PASTOR BE FRIENDS WITH PRESIDENTS, POLITICIANS?

What makes friendship with a politician bad for a genuine pastor? When does a pastor draw the line, for a politician that popular wisdom describes as despicable? What does a pastor gain or lose, with friendliness or hostility to a politician? There...

OPINION: THE IMPLICATION OF APC’S IMO STATE VICTORY FOR ANAMBRA STATE

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The new brand of politics emerging from the ugly developments ongoing in the country, for the past five years, is such that requires everyone to return to their own corner of the country and guide it jealously. That is...

OPINION: AFRICA FOREIGN INVESTMENTS ABROAD LED TO POVERTY AT HOME

There is no other continent that has contributed so much foreign investments to world development at the time of Peace and Wars than the African Continent. Instead of returns in dividends and economic progress, Africa regresses into penury. Africans...

OPINION: THE GHOST OF QASEM SOLEIMANI

There was a big temptation last week for me to abandon a story I already planned for  the week and comment on the assassination of Qasem Soleimani by remotely controlled US drones on January 3 2020.  Soleimani, a powerful and shadowy...

OPINION: THE SACKING OF IHEDIOHA

In his predictions for 2020, the controversial Catholic priest and Spiritual Director of the Adoration Ministry Enugu, declared that Senator Hope Uzodinama, who came a distant fourth in the Governorship election in Imo State, would become the Governor of...

OPINION: BETWEEN OPERATION AMOTEKUN AND STATE POLICE

It is pedestrian knowledge that socioeconomic problems which are the product of human actions and reactions are not static. They change with time and place. What is a social or political problem in one society may be a norm in another....

OPINION: AMOTEKUN BY SOUTH-WEST IS ILLEGAL: HOW TO RESPOND TO AGF’S OPINION

The governors of South West had recently established Amotekun, a regional security organization to protect the people of SW. Mr. Malami, the attorney General of the federation has declared this formation to be illegal. The leaders of SW, SE...

OPINION: THE PATH TO GROW NIGERIA’S AVIATION

For a long time aviation stakeholders have been expressing concern over the stagnant or retarding predicament of this massive sector, considering our natural, human and economic potentials. Perhaps based on these factors, including the $1.3 billion annually repatriated by...

OPINION: LEAPFROGGING HUMAN RIGHTS IN A LEAP YEAR

No doubt the year 2020 is a leap year which means that we have a well packed year going by the deficit of twenty four hours in this calendar year. What this means is that whatever is worth doing...