Opinion

OPINION: ALLEGED BUHARI DOUBLE AND THE SPIRIT OF PUBLIC INQUIRY

This week’s reflection is on a trending story that began when Buhari returned from his 104-days of medical treatment in the UK in 2017. Many were surprised that on his return,  Buhari, who was a subject of several extremely...

OPINION: POLICE AS ENEMY OF THE LAW

Let me confess that even amongst the several cases of gross irresponsibility on the part of a whole lot of police operatives and officers in Nigeria, there are a sprinkling of very efficient and disciplined officers. I must say...

OPINION: WHAT DSS REPORT SAYS ABOUT OSHIOMHOLE

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The depth of filth in the APC primary election can contain a tsunami. The "inglorious" exercise and its resulting attrition betray the anti-corruption sloganeering of the Buhari administration. A lot has been said about the alleged involvement of Adams Oshiomhole,...

OPINION: THE APPRECIATION OF OUR WIVES

I enjoy so much discussing with my wife on every matter of life. I sometimes discuss with reservations when her female emotions try to undo her reasoning. Sometimes, we recall the past and review our shortcomings to each other....

OPINION: NNPC: DIVERSION OF $2.201BN NLNG DIVIDENDS AND MORE TO COME

It should actually be worrying to genuinely concerned Nigerians that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) with impunity is manifestly going into apostasy against every known principle of honesty as concerns budgeting and accounting in all the streams of...

OPINION: THE RECONSTRUCTION OF OBAHIAGBON IN THE SENATE RACE

If I had thought that Honourable Patrick Obahiagbon, the son of Igodomigodo, was not a very popular brand, that thought would have perished on December 16, 2017, when he stormed the ancient city of Owo in Ondo State, at...

OPINION: APPRAISING NDOMA-EGBA-LED NDDC BOARD

On November 4, 2016, a new Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) constituted by President Muhammadu Buhari and headed by former Senate Leader, Distinguished Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, was inaugurated with Mr. Nsima Ekere as the commission's...

OPINION: NIGERIA; BLASPHEMY AND THE KANO KILLING

Most earliest scholars of philosophy were passionate about unraveling the essence and import of governmental authorities. A significant percentage of classical scholars especially in the medieval epoch were of the considered position that government exists to protect the rights of...

OPINION: WHAT RESTRUCTURING MEANS

In an interactive session with Nigerians in France, President Muhammadu Buhari was quoted as follows: "There are too many people talking lazily about restructuring in Nigeria. Unfortunately, people are not asking them individually what do they mean by restructuring?...

OPINION: AIG-IMOUKHUEDE AND THE INITIATIVE FOR PUBLIC GOVERNANCE

A week ago, I stumbled on an article titled "Africa and the burden of Leadership" (The Guardian, Nov. 7), written by Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, banker, investor and entrepreneur, former Managing Director of Access Bank Nigeria, our compatriot. The piece was...