Opinion

OPINION: SORRY, I DON’T THINK ATIKU IS COMING

I have pondered on Atiku Abubakar's case against President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential election petition tribunal. I have also cerebrated on the counter arguments of the president. By my ratiocination, the arguments of both parties are nourished with so...

OPINION: “WEAPONIZING” BUDGET AND NATIONAL PLANNING

In conceptualizing sustainable budgeting and national development planning templates, hope is certainly not a plan. It's then little wonder that, historically, budgeting and national development planning remain twin 'weapon-grade' tools progressive nations deploy to confront and destroy poverty, stunted...

OPINION: XENOPHOBIC VIOLENCE AND LAW BASED RESPONSE

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For the umpteenth time throughout last week, thousands of black Africans and other strangers from Asia living in South African townships doing businesses came under highly coordinated premeditated violent attacks from black South Africans who killed, maimed and looted...

OPINION: APPRAISING THE WESTERN NIGERIA SECURITY NETWORK

As Nigerians eagerly await the commencement of the Western Nigerian Security Network (WSNW), it is only appropriate to attempt an overview of its existence. The WSNW is a response to the aggravated security situation in the region. The most perturbing...

OPINION: PRESIDENT BUHARI, SYLVA AND THE PETROLEUM MINISTRY

In the construction of any business strategy, Kenichi Ohmae, a world-acclaimed management consultant and author of; The Mind of a strategist, among other things, noted that three main players must be taken into account; the corporation itself, the customers...

OPINION: KOGI GUBER, APC AND BELLO’S CANDIDATURE

The Kogi State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary held on August 29, 2019 was an easy win for the incumbent governor, His Excellency, Alhaji Yahaya Bello. Adjudged by observers to be transparent, free and fair, the primary election conducted...

OPINION: WE MUST FIX EDUCATION TO FIX NIGERIA

Few days back, I had a brief stopover at the premises of the Imo state university in Owerri, and the sights and sounds that yours faithfully perceived and heard were frightening and disappointing at the same time. The first shocking...

OPINION: MOHAMMED ADOKE WRITES BACK

The Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Administration in Nigeria (2010 - 2015) has generated quite a number of post-tenure publications which significantly, in varying degrees of articulation, veracity and delivery shed light on key developments during that momentous phase in Nigerian...

OPINION: CATHOLIC AFRICA AND ITS DISCONTENTS

The pope started a three-nation visit to Africa this week. The visit takes him to Mozambique, Madagascar, and Mauritius. A BBC report has analysed the significance of the visit and why Africa is the future of the Catholic church. The report...

OPINION: ABIA AND THE PUERILITY OF FALSEHOOD AS WEAPON OF OPPOSITION POLITICS

When Adekunle Gold dropped his hit song "Ariwo Ko", one would think he had Abia State's politics in mind particularly its brand of opposition politics as played by Alex Otti, the failed APGA gubernatorial candidate at the 2019 general...