Opinion

OPINION: STEMMING HEMORRHAGE IN NDDC THROUGH CITIZEN FORENSIC AUDIT

The earliest intentions made to stem the tide of underdevelopment of the Niger Delta were made some 18 years ago by President Olusegun Obasanjo. It was a genuine response to the agitations for justice and closure against oil and...

OPINION: WILL MR. PRESIDENT TAKE THE 3RD TERM BAIT?

According to newspaper reports, the President of Nigeria has announced that he is not interested in running Nigeria for a 3rd term. He was reported to have made his stand known at the National Economic Council, NEC, meeting of...

OPINION: FRANCIS, THE POPE FOR THE YOUTHS

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Pope Saint John Paul the second is perhaps one of the few modern day Popes that made significant impacts in the annals of the sacred papacy as a constantly travelling holy father who practically touched down on virtually all...

OPINION: MUCH ADO ABOUT THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY

Following the debate on a motion sponsored by Senator Kabir Barkiya from Katsina State during a plenary on "Urgent need to revamp the nation's comatose textile industry," the National Assembly has appealed to the Federal Government to provide the...

OPINION: WORK HARDER HUMBLY & WISELY TO RESTORE NIGERIA’S OLD REPUTATION

Everybody must wake up and ask why Nigeria has sunk so low, not only in Africa but around the world. Silently, even some Africans at home and in Diaspora lamented how a country that was expected to lift the...

OPINION: NIGERIAN ELECTIONS: A DEMOCRATIC DEFICIT

First Osun. Then Kano. Now Kogi and Bayelsa states. The spate of violence during election brings doubt on Nigeria’s ability to get it right. Unlike other nations, Nigeria seems to have no magic formula; no means of solving a...

OPINION: NO END OF YEAR RICE FOR NIGERIA

By next week it would be December, the month of Christmas, better put the last month of the year, so just some 30 plus days to the year 2020 and again we will be wishing ourselves the best of...

OPINION: BUHARI IS IGNORING NIGERIAN JUDGES – WE MUST NOT LET HIM GET AWAY WITH IT

President Muhammadu Buhari's government record on the rule of law is chilling. Since assuming power on May 29, 2015, Mr Buhari has showed a stunning disregard for the rule of law and human rights, ignoring Nigerian judges on at...

OPINION: THE BORDER CLOSURE; MATTERS ARISING

The Federal Government decision to shut our land borders to arrest revenue loss, economic sabotage and other offences and criminal activities is a welcome development but, it must be pursued with all sense of seriousness, patriotism and zeal. No...

OPINION: WHAT WE CAN DO WITH POWER

Power properly understood is nothing but, the ability to achieve a purpose. It is the strength required to bring about social, economic, political cultural and religious changes. What is needed is a realization that power without love is reckless...