Opinion

OPINION: RIVERS APC AND THE TRAGEDY OF A  DEFLATED GODFATHER

I was quite busy with a few key programmes on Friday, April 6, 2018. Therefore, it was impossible for me to closely follow the unfolding message by the good people of Opobo-Nkoro Local Government Area to the immediate past...

OPINION: UNPRECEDENTED DISDAIN FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

There is this common saying that any injustice done to one person if left unattended to could have a ripple effect. When viewed from an expansive viewpoint, you can even say that an injustice to one is an injustice to...

OPINION: RETHINKING NIGERIA’S DEVELOPMENT WITH BILL GATES AND OKONJO-IWEALA

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In 2050, it is estimated that Africa will have over 600 million youths. This will form the bulk of its population and many pundits are scared to death that, with the current afflictions of Africa, this incredible amount of...

OPINION: DISMANTLING THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE IN THE APC

"I am therefore of the firm view that it is better to follow strictly the dictates of our party and national constitutions, rather than put APC and its activities at grave risk. Fortunately, we have already approved a timetable...

OPINION: ATHEISTMAS: CELEBRATING APRIL FOOLS’ DAY IN STYLE

April 1 is a day and date that is internationally designated as the April Fools' Day (AFD). Marked globally by playing practical jokes and tricks on people, this year's AFD was unique in some respect. It fell on the...

OPINION: GETTING OURSELVES OUT OF THE CHINESE QUAGMIRE

It is rather unfortunate that Africa, Africans and African Businesses, must always come out second best, in everything. Is it not a wonder that it is in our sad history that Africans sold themselves into slavery, for a bottle of...

OPINION: WHY SKEPTICISM, DOUBTS HAVE BECOME NEW POLITICAL TOOLS

In Nigeria, like in other countries of the world, it is a moral duty that citizens should reinforce and not undermine the government effort; acting in concord with daily political developments particularly under a democratic arrangement. But contrary to this...

OPINION: AS BUHARI NAVIGATES APC THROUGH THE STORM…

I would like to state prestissimo, and from the outset of this lucubration, that I do not doubt the capacity of President Muhammadu Buhari to take our beleaguered nation out of the woods into which successive civilian administrations from...

OPINION: WHERE IS THE NIGERIAN OPPOSITION?

Less than a year to the next general elections in Nigeria, the biggest deficit in the political process leading to that moment is the absence of a robust, virile and effective opposition. The role of the opposition in a...

OPINION: SICK LEADERS SELL YOUTHS HERITAGE JUST TO DIE IN LUXURY

If you want to know the future of a country, look at youths’ life today. Pampered leaders on scholarships and welfare throughout their life, are paying back with thorns and daggers at the back of our youths while celebrating...