Opinion

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...

OPINION: THE FOREIGN MINISTER’S VILIFICATION OF SWITZERLAND AND THE DIPLOMACY OF ASSET RECOVERY

Last week, Nigeria’s Foreign Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama engaged in an unusual vilification of the government of Switzerland for their role in money laundering and asset recovery processes. In a speech delivered at the opening of the 2nd International Conference...

OPINION: 2019: WHAT DOES PDP REALLY WANT?

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on December 9, 2017, concluded the most successful and peaceful National Convention in the history of conventions in Nigeria. Honourable Uche Secondus was revealed as the new National Chairman of the party and for the...

OPINION: NEMA’S IMPACTFUL OUTINGS ON DISASTER MANAGEMENT

These are indeed trying times. The floods are here again, and as usual, thousands are affected. Homes have been destroyed, farms have been washed away, and the list goes on. While it is succinct to state that just like...

OPINION: BUHARI’S TEN MILLION IMAGINARY ‘MILLIONAIRES’

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Early in the morning of Wednesday September 19th 2018, I switched on the television and proceeded to channel 306 on DSTV/Multichoice satellite network to let my little Son NaetoChukwu Nnadozie watch the beautiful programme for Children packaged by the...

OPEN LETTER TO HIS EXCELLENCY DONALD DUKE

"Donald Duke: Those who live in glass houses do not throw stones" Your Excellency I read with uttermost disgust your interview with an online medium Calitown.com which was published on Sunday 16th September, 2018 with the headline " The...

OPINION: ALIERO THE MAN FOR KEBBI

Anyone who has been reading or has read Moises Naim’s The End of Power would come to one conclusion immediately: the political terrain is inundated with individuals with little or no idea how disadvantaged their ambitions for power will...

OPINION: SARAKI: APC’S NIGHTMARE, PRESIDENCY’S MORTAL FEAR

Ever since his emergence as Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki has been the undeserved target of mudslinging, character assassination, frivolous court cases, undue media trial, executive harassment and humiliation, propaganda, half-truths and outright falsehood among other shenanigans aimed at...

OPINION: FAYOSE AND HIS LAST-DITCH SLEW IN EKITI

For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good...