Opinion

OPINION: CRITICAL LESSONS ON EXECUTIVE ORDER 6 OF 2018

It has been over two months since Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari issued Executive Order 6 of 2018.  The stated purpose of the Executive Order was the “preservation of suspicious assets connected with corruption and other relevant offences”. In furtherance...

OPINION: NIGERIA; A NATION GOVERNED BY ‘STRANGE LIBERATORS’

I cannot situate exactly how I first encountered this phrase: “Strange liberators”, but I think it was while studying the words and speeches of Martin Luther King Jnr where it was used as a title for a piece on...

OPINION: THE HUMAN DISEASE CALLED TRUST DEFICIT DISORDER

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Humanity today, has far  better communication system than it did 73 years ago when the United Nations (UN) was founded to enhance dialogue and peace, yet it is today, more fractured. In reflecting this tragedy, the UN Secretary General...

OPINION: HUMAN RIGHTS AND POST-2019 PRESIDENCY

At the weekend, I got into a very lengthy conversation with my younger brother currently based abroad and who left Nigeria when his life became endangered by open threats made by some Islamists responsible for the spate of violent...

OPINION: MOMENTOUS THRILLING EVENTS TO CHERISH IN NIGERIA

In life, there are times one feels sober. There are also times one feels elevated by events around. In the past two weeks or so, I have derived joy from three spectacular national and international happenings. My joy from...

OPINION: RESTRUCTURING: AGENDA FOR THE NEXT NATIONAL ASSEMBLY!

In the absence of a widely-accepted alternative, it is best to stick to the word, restructuring, that loosely-mouthed word in our recent political lexicon which some see as the cure-all elixir to purge Nigeria of all ills. General Sani...

OPINION: ATIKU AS A LESSER DEVIL?

THE emergence of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as the Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) standard bearer offers Nigerians the delicate option of choosing between two devils: President Muhammadu Buhari and Atiku Abubakar. A few months ago, Mr. Atiku returned to the...

OPINION: ORPHANS OF THE AFRICAN CONTINENT

Five million fellow  Africans in Western Cameroon are between the hard hitting hammer of the Cameroonian military and security forces, and the anvil of an armed opposition that has risen to defend the victims.    With unending military operations, life...

OPINION: THE NEW NIGERIA: CONCEIVED, SOON TO BE DELIVERED

People are tired of Nigeria. Tired of not having "light". Tired of fuel scarcity. Tired of increased toll fares on bad roads. Tired of bad education. Tired of politicians playing "kalokalo" with their destinies. Religious houses are packed full with people praying for a miracle. Drive...

OPINION: VINTAGE ATIKU: THE MORNING AFTER

Just as you will not easily notice when he is tensed up except you study him or when he is offended except you find out why he positions the cap on his head, it will be difficult to read...