Opinion

OPINION: IN 2019, PRESIDENT BUHARI’S HISTORIC VISIT TO SOUTH AFRICA SCORED HIGH ON DIPLOMACY

As the curtain falls on 2019, one significant journey will for long be remembered by Nigerians, South Africans and entire African continent: President Muhammadu Buhari's historic three-day visit to South Africa, October 3-5th, 2019. Before the visit, fear and...

OPINION: THE TASKS BEFORE DR. ISMAIL ADEBAYO ADEWUSI @ NIPOST

The recent appointment of Dr Ismail Adebayo Adewusi as the Post Master General CEO of NIPOST by President Muhammadu Buhari has no doubt, put the Nigerian Postal Service on the limelight once again. Many Nigerians are beginning to ask...

OPINION: EDO STATE: WELCOME TO THE POLITICS OF 2020

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  As we start the year 2020 today (January 1), I consider it auspicious to make few remarks on only one aspect of the politics of Edo State. I have watched all kinds of people building a rampart around the...

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

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...