Opinion

OPINION: NIMASA- NLNG TAX FEUD: IS THE LAW STUPID?

The feud between Nigeria LNG Limited and the Nigerian Maritime Safety and Administration (NIMASA) over the former's refusal to pay the appropriate taxes, levies and duty charges to the federal government is just a result of the refractory nature of...

OPINION: CONCLUSION OF INCONCLUSIVE ELECTIONS

At the twilight of 2018, prior to Nigeria's 2019 general election, I had -- in a previous address -- inundated a jubilant but revolutionary retinue of Civil Rights movement in Mozambique, that obsolete, compromised and banal electoral institutions like...

OPINION: WITH BUHARI’S HANDLING OF SECURITY, WERE NIGERIANS TOO HARD ON JONATHAN?

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There are byzantine vibrations about the Nigerian. He is like a banshee wailing against the failings of power when his belly is empty; when he is not within the circle of influence and when the holder of power is...

OPINION: ZAMFARA: 2023 PRESIDENTIAL AMBITIONS AND THE CALLOUSNESS OF NORTHERN LEADERS

Barely 4 weeks after the 2019 general elections for which winners are yet to be sworn in and for which dusts in several places are yet to settle, northern leaders, through their usual forerunners, have rather very prematurely and...

A CRITICAL LOOK AT PANT RITUAL CLAIMS IN NIGERIA

Last year, rumours started circulating regarding a strange form of thievery in Nigeria. In this case, people were not stealing cars or computers, cell phones or wallets, but pants, female pants. When I first heard about this pant theft...

OPINION: IMPERATIVE OF A POST-ELECTION RENEWAL OF NIGERIA

With all its perceived imperfections, winners and losers have emerged from the just-concluded general election. But contrary to pre-election apprehension of potential massive post-election protests, there has been an eerie peace in the country. It appears the spirit that...

OPINION: AKUFO ADDO CLARIFIED GHANA BIGGEST TRADE WITH CHINA

President Nana Akufo Addo of Ghana answered a Chinese student at JFK School of Government at Harvard on his 75th Birthday, about his biggest trading Partner, China. It is a question burning the minds of many Africans as well....

OPINION: ‘O TO GEE’: NOW, THE BURDEN OF EXPECTATION!

From June, governance will never be the same in Kwara state. There will be a clear demarcation between state and personal bank accounts, competence will replace ass-licking in crucial appointments and the issue of who gets what will no...

OPINION: CHARMING INSECURITY IN A SHARIA STATE?

In recent times, Zamfara state in northern Nigeria has been plagued by incessant attacks and killings. Fulani herdsmen have reportedly carried out vicious attacks against local farmers. These attacks have led to heavy loss of lives and the displacement...

OPINION: LOW-HANGING FRUITS FOR BUHARI’S SECOND TERM

The emotions raised by the recent Presidential, National Assembly as well as the Governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections will take a while to settle – especially from those who were not favoured by their outcomes. Elections, across...