Opinion

OPINION: SOWORE: THERE WAS A CONSTITUTION IN NIGERIA

The re-arrest of Omoyele Sowore and his co defendant Olawale Bakare by the Department of State Security (DSS) is an all time low in the history of Nigeria. The commando move right in the court is a clear disregard...

OPINION: 100 FAKE PROFESSORS; A POINTER TO LARGER FRAMES OF CHALLENGE

Writing on the topic; The Questions Every Entrepreneur Must Answer, Amar Bhide, Professor at Harvard University, among other remarks, noted that formulating a sound strategy is more basic to an organization than resolving hiring issues, designing control systems, setting reporting relationship...

OPINION: IN NIGERIA, HOPE IS OPIUM

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The Fowl on a journey inside the basket does not know where it will end. There is this African riddle and I think it is most appropriate today and for the few words I have. The riddle asks, if you...

OPINION: FEAR OF WITCHCRAFT IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES

Some months ago, the BIC Ijiomah Centre for Policy and Research at the University of Nigeria Nsukka called for abstracts and presentations at an international conference on witchcraft. One expected the event to happen like other academic exercises. That...

OPINION: THE IMPERATIVES OF RE-NOMINATING IBRAHIM MAGU FOR SENATE CONFIRMATION

Upon assumption of office in 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari left no one in doubt about his determination to 'kill corruption' in Nigeria. Fight against corruption was one of his major campaign promises both in the 2015 and 2019 Presidential Elections. At...

OPINION: LAGOS AND THE PROSPECT OF A WASTE FREE FUTURE

Just recently, we introduced the Blue Box initiative – a waste collection programme designed to help residents sort recyclable waste from the source, that is, at the point where an item or material is considered waste. This eliminates the...

OPINION: ADDRESSING THE IMPORT-DEPENDENCY SYNDROME

It has been reported that not less than N1.3 trillion was spent by the Federal Government on the importation of rice, fish, sugar and wheat in the last 12 months, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) made this assertion only...

OPINION: TWO YEARS IN THE SADDLE, THE SECONDUS, PDP STORY

Exactly two years ago, precisely on December 11, 2017, Prince Uche Secondus entered Wadata Plaza, the National Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the 13th National Chairman of the main opposition party with the following words on...

OPINION: STATE OF THE NATION: ARMY HIGH COMMAND AND TEN YEARS OF BOKO HARAM GAMING

The narrative is common knowledge that ten years ago, in July 2009 precisely, Nigeria's security forces swooped in on what was then a relatively little-known Islamic group in the north east of the country. At the time, that group's...

OPINION: OGOMUDIA: REASONING TOGETHER ON RESTRUCTURING OR STRUCTURAL INTERVENTION            

Talking about the nation’s restructuring, it will amount to a pragmatic demonstration of naivety proceeding without first underlining the fact that the agitation has a historical foundation. Experienced political observers know that the challenge that fuels the agitation started shortly...