Opinion

OPINION: EKITI’S ULTIMATE GOVERNORSHIP DEAL

The stage is set for the July 14, 2018 Ekiti state governorship election.  I call the contest the ultimate deal. It is a deal between the people of Ekiti and those who seek to govern them. The candidate that receives the endorsement...

OPEN LETTER: PRESIDENT BUHARI PLEASE HELP STOP THE FURTHER HUMILIATION OF EX-STAFF OF NIGERIA AIRWAYS

Mr President sir, according to the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, humiliate means to make someone feel ashamed or stupid, especially when other people (Nigerians and the world here) are present (and watching). Indeed, it totally means, to embarrass...

OPINION: WHY SOME POLITICIANS ARE SUSPECTED OF BEING ETHNIC SUPREMACISTS MORE THAN OTHERS

I was researching for the above article for my last week’s column when news filtered that Buhari had used innuendo to accept Obasanjo’s repeated challenges over his ambition to seek re-election in 2019. It should be recalled that Buhari,...

OPINION: TOWARDS A MEANINGFUL INTER-RELIGIOUS DIALOGUE IN NIGERIA

A lot has been said about the imperative of inter-religious dialogue in Nigeria and how such an initiative could foster peace and tolerance among the adherents of the different religions in the country. In fact, it was in pursuant...

OPINION: EMMANUEL’S 36 MONTHS OF DEDICATED SERVICE

The decision of indigenes and residents of Akwa Ibom State to cast their votes on April 11, 2015 for Mr. Udom Gabriel Emmanuel, former banker and secretary to the State Government is not in vain as the fruit of...

OPINION: NAHCON AND THE DIASPORA MATTERS

I was privileged to attend the meeting between the Chairman/CEO of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) Barr. Abdullahi Mukhtar Muhammad and the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora Matters, Hon. Abike...

OPINION: 18TH DEMOCRACY DAY: HOW HAS NIGERIA FAIRED?

On May 29, 2018, Nigerians will celebrate their 18th anniversary of uninterrupted democratic governance which started in the year 2000. It will also mark the third year of Nigeria's leadership under the All Progressives Party (APC), after 16 years...

OPINION: SECURITY UNDER BUHARI’S WATCH

The first official covenant a leader makes with the people, on the first day of official function is security of lives and property of the citizenry. It is neither negotiable nor subject to compromise under any guise. A law abiding...

OPINION: LIGHT NO DEY…THE MATTER PASS N16BN

16bn Power Saga; Obj, Buhari generate more heat than electricity, this headline by Blueprint Newspaper sums it all up, in the same week that we were told it would take 15 years to solve the nation's metering problem. Then I...

OPINION: LETTER TO A REPENTANT SECESSIONIST!

It's so heart-warming that your last two letters were devoid of those strong and hate-filled words that your earlier letters were noted for! That, to me, is indeed a pleasant surprise. Then, those prayers of yours for the continued...