Opinion

OPINION: 2019 ELECTIONS; DEMOCRACY, AND SAMUEL BAGG’S ANALYSIS

With about nine months after the 2019 presidential, governorship, National and state Assembly elections held in the country- a period long enough to complete a human child gestation, nobody can deny that the nation has not recorded appreciable developments. Observably,...

OPINION: ATIKU: THEY GAVE HIM A FALSE SENSE OF HOPE

After the Supreme Court threw out the legal challenge by Atiku Abubakar of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) on the February 2019 presidential poll last week, two things flashed across my mind. One was a song, the other, a...

OPINION; THE BUTCHER OF ANKARA’S VISIT TO THE HOUSE OF LIES

Ask ZiVA 728x90 Ads
Trump’s inviting of Turkey’s President Erdogan to Washington comes at a peculiar time when the House of Representatives is pursuing the impeachment inquiry against Trump and when Erdogan is preoccupied with his invasion of Syria and the growing frustration...

OPINION: FG AND AMENDED DEEP OFFSHORE ACT: WHY NIGERIA SHOULD ASK FOR REPARATION

Truth be told, whether the source of the idea and/or packaging of it was suspect or not, is very inconsequential. That the National Assembly set out or clinically collaborated to amend the rogue-packaged Deep Offshore (and Inland Basin Production...

OPINION: HYPOCRITES PUSH TINUBU AS THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA

Watch out for those pushing Amoda Yekini Ogunlere alias Ahmed Tinubu as the next President of Nigeria. While his ethic group, Yoruba may love him as a shield or the crafty politician best suited against Yoruba prowlers, the role...

OPINION: THE QUEST TO REGULATE THE SOCIAL MEDIA

The recent announcement by the information minister, Lai Mohammed, that the federal government is making plans to regulate the use of social media due to what he called the rampant circulation of fake news and hateful content, has, as...

OPINION: OPEN LETTER TO FR MBAKA

Dear Father, I bring you greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. However, I write in respect to your public outburst against Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi over the collective decision by the State Executive Council to restore the original masterplan...

OPINION: POLL: WOULD YOU RESIGN IF YOU WERE OSINBAJO?

''But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also'' – Jesus Christ in Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:39). I am not a pastor....

OPINION: WHERE IS FAYEMI LEADING EKITI

"I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion." - Alexander the Great. If you talk to most people, you will discover that they...

OPINION: BROKEN, BETRAYED AND BRUTALIZED

In the annals of human existence, it has become revealed that observation is an irreplaceable ingredient in the journey of discovery and invention. But observations do not manifest in restriction or detention, it is one done through consistent concentration...