Opinion

OPINION: BUDGET PRESENTATION: BETWEEN VIRTUOUS JEERS AND VICIOUS CHEERS

With the enormous goodwill and aura that accompanied President Muhammadu Buhari to Aso Rock on May 29, 2015, no one in his/her wildest dreams would have thought that, between then and now, the president would have lost so much...

OPINION: EXIGENCY OF NDIGBO MUSLIMS TOGETHERNESS

There used to be the controversy over the existence of Muslims of Igbo origin. But that was very long ago. Now the controversy should be on the number of Ndigbo Muslims of Nigeria and not in their existence because...

OPINION: ON ELECTORAL LAW AMENDMENT BILL

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Last week Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari rejected the electoral law amendment bill 2018 for the fourth time. His argument was that the bill, if assented to, would cause confusion in the conduct of the 2019 election which comes up...

OPINION: PROJECTING UNCOMMON VALUES IN BUHARI’S CHANGE ERA

Nigeria's Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, was obviously happy to hear business mogul and Chairman of the Wells Carlton Hotel and Apartments, Captain Idahosa Wells Okunbo, proclaim he is enjoying the era of change in Nigeria. To be clear, the...

OPINION: TROUBLING THREATS TO 2019 POLL

We are just less than few weeks to the year 2019 general election in which millions of Nigerians are expected to participate in electing sets of Nigerian office seekers to occupy for four years some strategic national and state...

OPINION: ENUGU AND EZE’S 2019 GUBER AMBITION   

Enugu State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate for the 2019 general elections, Senator Ayogu Eze, recently, unveiled his campaign manifesto with the theme "A New Dawn". The manifesto, described as "a manifesto for an uncommon transformational leadership", outlines...

OPINION: NIGERIAN DEMOCRACY: BETWEEN RULE OF LAW AND WILL OF MAN

Acting on his research result carried out to unravel why leaders make bad decisions, Sydney Finkelstein, a Steven Roth Professor of management at the Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College, United States Of America, underlined; the presence of inappropriate...

OPINION: IGBO MUST NOT BECOME POLITICAL FOOTBALL IN LAGOS

There is a growing rift between Yoruba and Igbo in Lagos. It will be sheer folly to dismiss the obvious. But the way to solve it is by appealing to your intellect, not scary political tactics against your neighbors....

2019 Budget Speech As Presented By President Buhari

HIS EXCELLENCY, PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI PRESIDENT, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AT THE JOINT SESSION OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, ABUJA WEDNESDAY, 19TH DECEMBER 2018 PROTOCOLS – It is my pleasure to present the 2019 Budget Proposals to this Joint Session of the National...

OPINION: WHAT IS OUR DEMOCRATIC NEXT LEVEL WITHOUT THE ELECTORAL AMENDMENT BILL?

Those who have taken out time to read the amendment made to the electoral act would understand that anyone who is opposed to it does so to propel a personal interest as against ensuring we close the gap in...