Opinion

OPINION: THE 2018 BUDGETARY ALLOCATION TO EDUCATION

The ripple reaction that trailed the signing of the 2018 budget into law on Wednesday 20th June 2018, by President Muhammadu Buhari after a protracted wait by Nigerians has again demonstrated that efficiency of the government sector does not...

OPINION: MEMORANDA FOR OSHIOMHOLE, OTHER APC NEW EXECUTIVES

"May this mighty broom that we have become sweep aside that which needs to be swept aside so that all Nigerians may enter into their finest destiny with national pride and utmost dignity. We are ready. We are the...

OPINION: TEN YEARS AFTER LAMIDI ADEDIBU

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It has been ten years since the self-styled "strong man of Ibadan politics", Chief Lamidi Ariyibi Akanji Adedibu, died. He died on June 11, 2008. I do not recall seeing many tributes or advertisements in the newspapers or other...

OPINION: 2019 – BUHARI AND WORLD LEADERS

As the 2019 presidential polls in Nigeria draw nearer, speculations are going round on the chances of the aspirants. That is why I had earlier taken time to explore the opportunities for the aspirants. I also surveyed the position...

OPINION: OPEN LETTER: PRESIDENT BUHARI STOP DEMONIZING THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

The ongoing conflict between the Executive and the National Assembly which followed your scathing criticism of the lawmakers before signing the 2018 budget, I must say, is most unfortunate and unbecoming of your status as president. To consistently seek...

OPINION: THE POLITICAL PHRASE ‘FARMERS-HERDERS CLASHES’ MUST BE PROSCRIBED

The first approach to solving a security problem is stripping it of all political pretences and nuances. The killings in Plateau, Benue, Zamfara and other places should be properly phrased.‎ ‎ The casual resort to tagging or reducing mass killings or...

OPINION: OSHIOMHOLE: BEYOND THE SONG AND DANCE

Former governor of Edo state, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, was destined to be national chairman of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) at this intersection in the nation’s political evolution. His emergence approximates a part of the philosophy in the...

OPINION: BUHARI’S RECOGNITION OF ABIOLA AND OTHER ISSUES

Benin City, Nigeria. A lot has happened lately in the Nigerian socio-political and economic sectors. One of the actions recently undertaken by the Federal Government of Nigeria is the posthumous conferment of Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR) on...

OPINION: OF OSHIOMHOLE AND THE FALLACY OF PDP’S OPPOSITIONAL POLITICS

Finally, the eagle has landed with the emergence of former governor of Edo state, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, as the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). By that strategic political orchestration and stratagem, the APC, under the leadership...

OPINION: THE 2019 NIGERIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

The Nigerian Presidential Elections are barely a year away. It'll be an interesting and definitive election that the whole of Nigeria – and the rest of the World – will be watching very carefully. Again it's going to be...