Opinion

OPINION: THE KOKORI I KNOW

I am totally shocked at a certain article I read on page 3 and 41 of The Nation newspaper, precisely on Monday, March 26, 2018. The commentator, Darlington Anule in his opinion titled, ''Between Ngige's One-Man Show And The Blind...

OPINION: PDP AND APC: WHEN KETTLE MOCKS POT FOR BEING BLACK

It is really exciting reading the various reactions to the recent apologies to Nigerians by the PDP’s national Chairman, Uche Secondus. According to reports, the PDP’s national chairman at a recent national discourse on contemporary politics and governance in...

OPINION: THE SECURITY VOTE IS NOT FOR YOU, MY GOVERNOR

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One of the conduit pipes for State governors and some local government chairmen is the popular “Security Vote” which is appropriated at the discretion of the Governor. This monthly allowance runs into billions of naira per annum, with the...

OPINION: THE BREWING TRADE ROW BETWEEN CHINA AND NIGERIA

Africa is going through another phase of self-imposed slavery and colonization. This is especially in the face of the aggressive buy over of the African continent by the Chinese. Yes, The Chinese. It’s on report that all the major mining...

OPINION: OBASANJO’S CRUSADE FOR NIGERIAN WOMEN POLITICIANS

In the Coalition for Nigeria Movement, which I have advocated and is growing rapidly and whatever political association will emanate from it, youth under 40 years will have 30 percent and women will have 30 percent in composition of...

OPINION: PROSTITUTION AND AMBIVALENCE IN AFRICA AND BEYOND

A lot has been said about prostitution in both local and international media. The practice has been linked to human trafficking and modern-day slavery, to patriarchy, abuse, and exploitation of women, to crimes and social vices in the communities....

OPINION: BILL GATES AS “A WAILING WAILER”

"I do not enjoy speaking to you this bluntly when you have been gracious enough to invite me here..." – Bill Gates. Mr. Bill Gates, Microsoft founder, friend of Nigeria and one of the richest men in the world was...

OPINION: ASIWAJU AT 66: RELIVING A GREAT MAN

On Thursday, March 29, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, politician, strategist, bean counter and redoubtable Nationalist would celebrate his 66th birthday. I join millions of progressives, his friends, associates, teeming supporters and patriotic Nigerians to celebrate this rare piece of...

OPINION: CRUSOE OSAGIE: HOW NOT TO WRITE A REJOINDER

The abandonment of ethics in the articulation of private fixations has reached its most disgusting level in the domain of rejoinder writing in Edo state. It is necessary to state this now so that Mr. Crusoe Osagie would not...

OPINION: A DIFFERENT KIND OF RETREAT

I have attended a number of retreats, especially ones organisd by state governments, because of the nature of my job. But after observing the two-day retreat by the Anambra State government on March 23 and 24 for members of...