Opinion

OPINION: HOW HAVE WE FALLEN – FROM GRACE TO GREED TO WAR

There will be another war! This time the Hausa farmers will be liberated from the clenched fists of the minority Fulani Ragu “developers” and they will be driven back by all provoked Nigerians to where Dan Fodio came from. They have been put in their...

OPINION: CHRISTIANITY, DEVELOPMENT: IN NIGERIA, ACTIVISM IS A FAILED STRATEGY

Activists and recruiters of activists often zero in on activism as everything. But the little national development across the country shows that the country is unresponsive to contiguous activism. Usually, there is a bad policy proposal. People protest, government –...

OPINION: WHO IS AFRAID OF ELIZABETH ANN WARREN?

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Donald John Trump for starters. And the Grand Old Party (GOP) otherwise known as the Republican Party. Plus Wall Street. Add the big banks. You might include the top 1%. Hmmm! This sounds like the big guys! Yes, they are. Why...

OPINION: RUGA AND COMPETITIVE QUIT NOTICES

Following the outcry from the Southern parts of the country and the Middle Belt over plans by the government to set up settlements in 36 states of the country for ‘Fulani herdsmen’, (known as RUGA scheme), the Coalition of...

OPINION: OSHIOMHOLE AS AN ENIGMA  

Somehow and, understandably, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, the national chair of our great party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), has become an issue in the ever-increasing conversations around leadership and reforms in our party.  He has also become the issue...

OPINION: PEACE AND COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM IN NORTHERN NIGERIA

The major function of every government is maintaining peace and order. Whether in Europe, Asia, America or Africa societies, peace is a fundamental phenomenon that drives the progress of the society, for without it development is at stake. While peace...

OPINION: SO FEW RICHES, SO MANY POOR, SO MANY RELIGIOUS HOPES

Judeo-Christian, Hindu and Muslim religions created their wealth from the poor by aiding and abetting oppression. No continent still suffers under this subjugation of man more than Africans wherever they are. Relationship between slave/servants and masters has been interpreted...

OPINION: BUHARI, YOU MAY MEAN WELL, BUT TIME IS RUNNING OUT

One flaw that detracts from President Buhari's strengths is tardiness; especially, his dilatory response to matters of importance. This is where an appreciable weakness of the president lies. And most times, the response or actions that follow the intermissions...

OPINION: IGE, OKE AND THE CONTINUING POLITICS OF IDEATION

Bola Ige left a legacy of a puritanical rhetorician in the nation’s politics. He spoke the proverbial Queen’s English with an uncommon cadence, matched with a clinical diction and easily caught the attention of listeners with a depth, laced...

OPINION: THE STORY OF THE FOOLISH NIGERIAN

The 'Olodo' analogy is at the heart of my conversation this week; Nigerians are a people that are easily blown by the wind. 'Olodo Rabata' is a phrase, I first heard from my mom in a small song, it...