Opinion

OPINION: PMB, BETTER THAN OBASANJO AND JONATHAN

For some time now, the wailers in our midst, courtesy of Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, has been worrying themselves complaining that PMB is a failure, that he has done well...

OPINION: MIMIKO’S AUDACIOUS DECLARATION FOR 2019 PRESIDENCY

Up-close, the quiet vibration of energy he emits is somewhat reminiscent of that from an active volcano. In a sense, he is one. But this dimension could only fairly be applied to his intensity of focus and precision of...

OPINION: IF ONLY REUTERS CAN GET IT RIGHT

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Nigeria is certainly not Myanmar, which this month jailed Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, two Reuters journalists for crimes that the country's leader, Aung San Suu Kyi said had nothing to do with freedom of expression as the...

OPINION: WHY TAMBUWAL IS PDP’S BEST MAN TO LEAD THE AMBITIOUS TASK OF DEFEATING BUHARI

Nigerians are eagerly looking forward to the 2019 General Elections and the key highlight of this event is the Presidential election. The incumbent, President Muhammadu Buhari is the candidate to beat. Though Mr. Buhari has seen his popularity hit...

OPINION: THE OSHIOMHOLE LEADERSHIP AND BUHARI’S SIGNIFICANT ENDORSEMENT

Amid approbation and disapprobation of his gung-ho and assertive (read combative) leadership style, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, recently received what I consider as a significant endorsement of his leadership by President Muhammadu...

OPINION: EIU ET AL: WHO NEEDS THESE DOOMSDAY PROPHECIES, ANYWAY?

One cannot but wonder why there are such negativity by the industrialized West in their perception of growing economies like Nigeria. They keep churning out outright lies, half-baked truths and unsubstantiated reports. A case in point is the recent Economic...

OPINION: THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF PRESIDENT BUHARI

In the last couple of months, there has been unnecessary dissipation of energy especially in the social media between supporters and opponents of President Muhammadu Buhari on the question of whether or not there are any tangible achievements by...

OPINION: THE POSITIVITY OF DROP IN FOREIGN RESERVE

Funny, isn’t it, that whenever antagonists hear the supporters of the current administration talk about the increase in a Foreign Reserves as an achievement, they pass it off with a wave of hand and scoff with snide remarks. But when...

OPINION: BETWEEN HSBC AND BUHARI

Since the report that HSBC, one of the world’s largest banking and financial services companies, took a dim view of the Buhari government’s economic policies, operatives and supporters of the government have been falling over themselves to give it back to...

OPINION: POLITICIANS REDEFINING HYPOCRISY

I begin by making a personal confession so as to make full disclosure about my position on participation in qualitative and transformative politics as a Nigerian. My confession is that I am a robust and firm believer in the political...