Opinion

OPINION: ABUBAKAR ATIKU AND THE RULE OF LAW

"The rule of law is the basis for any democracy. And without the rule of law in democracy, you have chaos." - Meles Zenawi "Two things form the bedrock of any open society - freedom of expression and rule of...

OPINION: NIGERIA’S DESCENT TO REPRESSION

As the World marks the international press freedom day, one person who can be used as a model to showcase the state of the observance of the freedom of expression is the senator representing Kogi West Mr. Dino Melaye...

OPINION: THE OBA EWUARE EXEMPLAR

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I read with relish media reports of the Saturday, April 28, 2018 visit of the Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare 11, to the State of Osun during which he met with the State Governor, Ogbeni...

OPINION: CAPE TOWN WATER TAPS RUNNING DRY

South Africa’s second biggest city averts a water crisis—for now Mohammed Allie’s wife has given up showers while Cape Town, South Africa’s second-largest city after Johannesburg, contemplates life without a drop of water in its taps. Allie, a BBC correspondent,...

OPINION: KALU’S ELEEMOSYNARY PERSONA

Sometime in 2004, I traveled to Umuahia, the Abia state capital, to attend the birthday of a friend and former member of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Benjamin Benedict Apugo.  I was then the...

OPINION: FOR OGP TO PUT FOOD ON NIGERIAN TABLES 

A fundamental question which arose from the breakthrough of the internet was the expediency of giving everybody access. That question came at time in the early 80s after the collapse of the Berlin Wall, the break-up of Communist USSR...

OPINION: BUHARI’S FANTASTIC RECORD ON INFRASTRUCTURE

With his background as a former head of state and later chairman of the Petroleum Trust Fund, it is clear that President Muhammadu Buhari understands that the provision or absence of infrastructure in the country, has a lot to...

OPINION: SOUTH AFRICAN TOURISM HOLDING STEADY

Tourists undeterred amid reports of historic water crisis in the country’s second largest city Recent reports that Cape Town, a popular tourist destination in South Africa, will soon run out of water due to a prolonged drought hardly seem to...

OPINION: LADIES AROUND AGE 30 HAVE HIDDEN GEM FOR MR. NICE GUYS

Mr. Nice Guys and ladies in their 30s have hidden gems in common to share. Many people inadvertently missed out on them. Only the wise ones look deeper, cultivate and appreciate their real characters. Somehow, in their earlier days,...

OPINION: GUTSY ATIKU ABUBAKAR

Just recently, former vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Waziri Adamawa, said he was not desperate to be president of Nigeria. But, to be sure, he is an aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The race...