Opinion

OPINION: NIGERIA AIR WAS A HUSTLE FOR THE BOYS

Nigeria Air was still-birthed because it was never meant to reach parturition in the first place. It was a grand scam. A cash-out for the boys; though I fell for it. When Hadi Siriki, minister of aviation, displayed a nondescript...

OPINION: ALLEGORY OF A WATERLOGGED COUNTRY

On Friday September 21st 2018, mainstream newspapers competed amongst themselves on which should decorate their front pages with photograph of the vice president Professor Yemi Osinbanjo and the governor of Anambra state Chief Willie Obiano paddling a canoe to inspect...

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

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

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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...