Opinion

OPINION: FINALLY, NIGERIANS CONTEND WITH THE BUHARI HOAX (PART 1)

The Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, would be remembered as someone who carried on, for most of his adult life, is the only man who held the secret wand, the magical code that could permanently fix the complexities of Nigeria...

OPINION: GALE OF DEFECTIONS: WHAT GOES AROUND, COMES AROUND

“What goes around comes around”  is the summation of how the law of karma, (also known as the law of  cause and effect) works. Those who subscribe to it believe that whatever we do or say, for good or evil...

OPINION: BUHARI’S RENEWAL OF SHELL’S OGONI OIL RIGHTS: SAD TRIUMPH OF AN INDECENT PROPOSAL

That the Nigerian Petroleum Minister, General Mohhammadu Buhari, could concede to renew with fiat the title deeds of the Nigerian subsidiary of the AngloDutch oil giant, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), in OML 11 covering the Ogoni area of...

OPINION: UMAHI’S MAGNANIMITY AND QUEST FOR SECOND TERM

The governor of Ebonyi state, the salt of the nation, David Nweze Umahi, recently thrilled the traditional rulers of the state with car gifts - Innoson Jeeps – to facilitate their jobs as custodians of ethics and cultures in...

OPINION: THAT MAITAMA’S ADVICE TO BUHARI

Late Maitama Yusuf Sule was, indeed, a great Nigerian nationalistic compatriot. A two-time minister of the Federal Republic and former Nigerian Permanent Representative to the United Nations, he led a powerful delegation of the Northern Leaders to visit President...

OPINION: RE: ABIA STATE: ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

It was with my sincerest sympathies and pity for APGA's Alex Otti that I read his infantile tirade against the governor, the government and the good people of Abia State, which he disguised as a speech of intent for...

OPINION: WHEN THE RAIN THAT BEATS THE EAGLE MAKES IT GLOW

One lesson that history teaches mankind is to look before leaping. When extrapolated in real terms, it means that a person or group should think, strategize, and review strategy, test run before acting or implementing. The whole idea is...

OPINION: HOISTING ORTOM WITH HIS OWN PETARD

I watched on the Nigeria Television Authority, NTA, on Monday, July 30, 2018, shortly before the network news at 9 O’clock, a repeat telecast of the press conference addressed by the national chair of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade...

OPINION: BEING NON-RELIGIOUS: RISKS AND CHALLENGES IN AFRICA AND BEYOND

Being a non-religious person comes with many risks and challenges. In many nations across Africa and the world, those who identify openly as atheists or agnostics are unable to stand for any public office or hold any political positions...

OPINION: IN LOME, PRESIDENT BUHARI SEEKS REGIONAL SECURITY ARCHITECTURE FOR WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA

President Muhammadu Buhari in Lome, Togo strongly pitched for the setting up of a regional security architecture in the West and Central African sub-regions, giving clear indication that there is a convergence of strategic interests among the countries of...