Opinion

OPINION: NNPC’S CRUDE EXPORT VS FUEL IMPORT BILLS: WHEN A NATION IS RUDDERLESS

The report that Nigeria earned $54.5bn from crude oil and spent $54.6bn to import petroleum products in 2018 should be a saddening narrative to anyone who still has an iota of patriotic attachment to this country. When you hear things...

OPINION: PROJECTING A NEW NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENDA

At the recent presidential retreat for his cabinet members, President Muhammadu Buhari defined the ethos that would undergird the workings of the team, stressing complementarity and synergy among his ministers to realise the core goal of national development. The President’s...

OPINION: AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUHARI OVER PLANNED DEVALUATION OF THE NAIRA

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I have opted to write you again, as a citizen of Nigeria, knowing that this is your last lap of your two- terms tenure.  This time, it is not about directing the oil companies to relocate their administrative headquarters...

OPINION: AS NIGERIANS BECOME ENDANGERED SPECIES AT HOME AND OVERSEAS, WHAT NEXT?

At the last count about a week ago, at least 1,460 Nigerians have lost their lives to herdsmen/bandits' machetes and bullets in 7 months within the shores of the country. That’s according to media reports credited to the permanent secretary,...

OPINION: CHRISTIAN FAITH, CHASTITY, PORN, CONSEQUENCES & WICKEDNESS

There are lots of examples in the Scriptures, similar to present-day pornographic propensities. It shows how certain human desires predate technology. Many of the stories described what followed, pointing to caution, for those that want to hear. There was a story...

OPINION: INTERNET FRAUD; TRIBAL IDENTITY AND THE NATION’S IMAGE

Two separate but similar reports that left me lost in the maze of high voltage confusion in the past few weeks or thereabout are; the FBI’s release of the names of eighty suspects involved in internet fraud-related cases, with...

OPINION: POPE’S ELEVATOR EXPERIENCE AND IMPROBABILITY OF A CHRISTIAN GOD

The recent case where firefighters intervened and rescued the pope after he was trapped in a lift should perturb Christians and others who strongly believe in a deity. This is because such an experience put into question the existence of God,...

OPINION: ARE THERE NIGERIAN HOBBITS ON THE FBI CRIMINAL LIST?

In recent times, there have been many stories making the rounds concerning Nigerians in the US and other parts of the world arrested for internet fraud or drug smuggling. The first list, from the FBI with photos of those...

OPINION: EXPECTATIONS FROM YOUTHS MINISTER

Currently, I am battling to finish with the arduous task of reading some key books I recently bought. One of such books is the latest copy from Richard Templar who is an award winning author in the Western world. "The Rules...

OPINION: ROGUE UK FIRM’S QUEST FOR $9.6B NIGERIAN WINDFALL

Justice Christopher Butcher of a Commercial Court in Britain is yet to give any permission to British firm, P&ID, to seize assets of the Nigerian government abroad. Unfortunately, the rogue firm, which won a ridiculous $6.597 billion (now $9.6...