Opinion

OPINION: CAN ORLU ZONE BACK OWERRI FOR 2019 GUBER?

These are interesting times in Imo politics. The most sought top job in the State- the Imo governorship- will be up for grabs in 2019. And the polity is already heating up for this biggest battle. Owerri zone has always...

OPINION: TIME FOR A SIT-IN ON THE SENATE FLOOR OVER BUDGET FOR THE 2019 GENERAL ELECTIONS

This is not the time for taking the side of any political party as the only side that matters is that of the Nigerian society. As the federal government returns to active service after this coming Tuesday and Wednesday following...

OPINION: 2019: WHY NIGERIAN YOUTHS ARE BECOMING DESPONDENT

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For the keen political watchers, there has been no shortage of doubt that the 2019 general election in Nigeria would be without strategic ambush among the political gladiators which of course forms part of every conventional democratic process. What has...

OPINION: 2019: #TIME TO REMOVE MAHMOOD AS INEC CHAIRMAN IS NOW FOR CREDIBLE POLLS AND POLITICAL STABILITY IN NIGERIA

Today it is no news from the existing circumstances that President Muhammadu Buhari does not want to relinquish his hold on power. A man who once said he would be doing one term has suddenly reneged on his promise...

OPINION: BETWEEN APC AND PDP: PLAYING BULLY AND VICTIM GAME

This is an interesting time for Nigerian politics. There is now a complete abandonment of any pretensions that 2019 is not the main determinant of the moves and counter moves of the two dominant political parties – the ruling...

OPINION: 2019 GOVERNORSHIP AND THE ESSENCE OF “OJO OLA OYO”

“Ojo ola Oyo”, translated as the future of Oyo state, is an inspirational electioneering theme, which encapsulates the spirit that propels the 2019 governorship aspiration of a seasoned journalist, businessman and politician, Alhaji Kehinde Isiaka Olaosebikan on the platform of...

OPINION: IGP IDRIS: JUST GO

I heard that Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has ordered the overhaul of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). I am not excited. Even though SARS is a rotten egg, it was encouraged to be horrible by the Inspector General of...

OPINION: SENATOR ATTAI AIDOKO SIR, LEGAL QUESTS OR LEGISLATION?

Recently, I embarked on a journey to Ugbamaka lgah, the ancestral home of senator Attai Aidoko representing Kogi East in the senate. Whirling the community without a glance on potential pay-off for producing a Senator of the Federal republic,...

OPINION: APC, SARAKI AND THE BATTLE OF CROWN

The recent defection by the senate president, Dr. Bukola Saraki, from the All Progressives Congress, APC, to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has remained the most significant blow to the ruling party in the gale of defections that has...

OPINION: HOW ADAMS OSHIOMHOLE “DEVELOPED” BENIN CITY INTO A MULTI-BILLION WHITED SEPULCHER

I liked Adams Oshiomhole based on distant personal observation and what I saw during his time at the Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC). His name evokes the fight for the poor and underpaid Nigerian working class. Outwardly, he looks unostentatious...