Opinion

OPINION: THE ‘USED-LESS’ NIGERIAN YOUTH

The baboon does not issue an ultimatum to the leopard, pepper is small but its fight is much bigger. My young friend, Rekwi Sunday Musa ruminating some weeks back had stated his puzzle, he asked, when did being young become...

OPINION: SENATOR IKE EKWEREMMADU, IGBO REPRESENTATIVES AND LEGITIMACY DEFICIT

Earlier in the day, I watched the video making rounds about the attack of the former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, at a cultural event hosted by Ndigbo in Nurnberg, Germany.  He was billed to deliver a keynote at...

OPINION: FORGET PURPOSE, COMMIT TO A DREAM

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Those who succeed in attaining fame, great wealth and fulfillment in life make others believe they found their dreams and followed through, as if purpose were predestined, and only those who find it succeed in life. They claim that...

OPINION: ROCHAS OKOROCHA: PLAYING THE OSTRICH ON THE ROAD TO PERDITION

I wrote an article two days ago about the unfolding situation in Imo state especially as it relates to the allegations of corruption around the former governor Mr. Rochas Okorocha. It was quite short and did not capture the...

OPINION: TINUBU: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A PATRIOT?

Alhaji Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu is a Nigerian you cannot ignore – love or hate him. The former Lagos State Governor is credited with having good eyes for spotting and nurturing talents. Certainly for a Governor who had the...

OPINION: RIVERS 2019 WAEC RANKING: A CONFIRMATION OF GOVERNOR WIKE’S SUCCESS IN THE EDUCATION SECTOR

As a Former Minister of State for Education and later Supervising Minister of Education, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike knows the right techniques and routes towards improving the education sector of the state. From 2015, when he took...

OPINION: DAPO ABIODUN: 100 DAYS OF NOTHINGNESS

When five power blocs came together in April to support the governorship ambition of Prince Dapo Abiodun, the narrative they sold to the electorates was that the current situation across Ogun state was unacceptable and PDA, as he is...

OPINION: AT 78, IBB MAINTAINS HIS IMPORTANT BEATS, BUT…

I had, in the past, written a number of tributes on the occasion of the anniversary of former military president, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB). I penned the last one in 2017 on his 76th birthday titled: “At 76, IBB...

OPINION: CRISIS, REVOLUTION, AND THE NATION OF OUR DREAMS

No one is so brave that he is not disturbed by something unexpected- Julius Caesar (100-44BC). An interesting sidelight to this topic was elicited by a conversation with a group of young people during the Sallah public holiday in Lagos....

OPINION: AN ACCOUNT OF THE CORRUPTION AND ANOMALIES IN THE NIGERIAN IMMIGRATION SERVICE

One of the primary responsibilities of government is to provide - or regulate the provision of - efficient service to the populace. Successive Nigerian government has failed in this regard. It has become a convention to get inefficient service,...