Opinion

OPINION: BUHARI, AISHA AND THE SYMPHONY OF A CONFUSING ORCHESTRA

Just like a majority of Nigerians who have come to see the APC-led government of President Muhammadu Buhari for what it is, a weak government of ineptitude coated with stark incompetence and lacking in any leadership substance as a...

OPINION: WELLS CARLTON: A TOAST TO CAPTAIN HOSA’S EXCELLENT SPIRIT

There is palpable and tangible restlessness that defines the contour and general texture of the excellent spirit that exemplifies the persona of the business mogul, Captain Idahosa Wells Okunbo, JP, fondly referred to, in his circle of friends, as...

OPINION: CHANNELS TV AND THE CHALLENGE OF INDEPENDENCE

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The question of media independence is an age-old one. Discourses around it sail through all notions and theories of communication and may continually be so. The reason being that independence is more like an ideal, a state of objectivity,...

OPINION: 2019: YOUTHS, APATHY AND SPURIOUS ARGUMENTS

The good news is; we have the overwhelming support of youth votes…. The bad news is; the youth never bothers to vote--Anonymous As the February 2019 presidential, Gubernatorial, National/state Houses of Assembly elections come into view, the out-of-the-ordinary behavior demonstrated...

OPINION: DÉJÀ VU: I FEAR IT WILL BE UNTO BUHARI AS IT WAS UNTO JONATHAN IN 2015 

There is a grand conspiracy. A plot hatched in the pits of despair and agony. There are three conspirators involved in this plot – the Nigerian people, top business executives and the international community. In this thrilling "scheme", the Nigerian...

OPINION: NIGERIA…FAR AWAY FROM YOLA, AND NOT CLOSE TO DAURA

One does not eat "I almost" in a stew. (What one missed narrowly, one cannot enjoy at all). Some 11 years ago, I wrote asking, what is a name and I asked us what Nigerian meant to us. Again I...

OPINION: EBONYI 2019, BETWEEN UMAHI AND OGBUOJI

The gubernatorial race in Ebonyi state is going to be very tough because the two major contenders are from the same senatorial zone. It is going to be a fight between two brothers tied together by the Ebonyi Equity...

OPINION: ELECTORAL AMENDMENT BILL 2018: TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE 

But for President Muhammadu Buhari's foresight Nigeria would have scored a world record in addition to whatever other unpalatable records we already hold as the land of the absurd. Nigeria was on the verge of conducting its next general...

OPINION: THE TOXICITY OF SOCCER RACISM

Sport is defined as an activity involving physical exertion and skills in which an individual or a team competes against another or others for entertainment. This is the ordinary dictionary definition of the concept of sports. Brandon Moore says the essence of...

OPINION: AN ALTERNATE VIEW OF THE GLOBAL TERRORISM INDEX 2018

"Statistics without context are meaningless" - Dr Kelvin Kemm The Global Terrorism Index 2018 is out. The annual report, published since 2000 by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), monitors trends in terrorism worldwide. Since the 2018 edition was...