Opinion

OPINION: CAN I TRUST YOUR ELECTORAL CHOICE?

Democracy, as a human contrivance, is dependent on human choice among an array of options. The choice of majority of qualified electors is considered "free and fair" no matter the intrinsic quality of the choice that often manifests later...

OPINION: BUHARI’S ANTI-CORRUPTION CONUNDRUM

There is common sense in the submission that the anti-corruption crusade of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s government has slumped. This is validated by the slipshod, ineffectual and selective manner the administration has so far executed the vaunted crusade. There...

OPINION: OGP AND NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT

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In 2016 just before the UK Anti-corruption Summit, former British Prime Minister, David Cameron said that Nigeria is a fantastically corrupt country. He made the statement on the basis of the fact that in spite of the enormous wealth...

OPINION: CAN THE APC REIGN FOR 60 YEARS?

It was Vincent Ogbulafor, former PDP national chairman, who betrayed a fatal flaw and said the party would rule Nigeria for 60 years. Rochas Okoroacha, Imo state governor, also, once succumbed to the flattery of hubris in declaring that...

OPINION: 2019: LITTLE DOUBT THAT ATIKU IS READY

Permit me to add my petite voice to the euphoric voices already clamouring for Atiku Abubakar’s candidacy in the upcoming 2019 general election. And rightly so! A poorly-handled search for a presidential flag bearer by a discordance of characters over...

OPINION: ROCHAS, SHOULD ZUMA’S STATUE CONTINUE TO STAND IN OWERRI? 

A few days ago, the statue fame vanity of a governor, Mr. Rochas Okorocha was further mocked by his people with the statue of a man supposedly erected and defecating on Douglas Avenue, Owerri. The inscription on the effigy...

OPINION: WE LIKE OR WE NOR’ LIKE BUHARI 2019

Whether you like or you no like After you hear this true talk Whether you like or you no like After you hear this true talk If you like e good If you no like you hang If you like e good If you no like...

OPINION: MALLAM YUSUFU BURATAI: A TRIBUTE TO A VETERAN

For all things under heavens, there is a time. A time to be born and a time to die. And in between is the time to live. It is the wish of all mankind to live a worthy and...

OPINION: IF  WE RUN OUT OF WATER

Cape Town, South Africa, one of the  preferred  destinations of the tourist with a population of 3.7 million people, is running out of water. Nestled in the bosom of the mighty  Atlantic Ocean and its great sister, the  Indian...

OPINION: TO CURE THE POLICE OF ITS ILLNESS

On Saturday, March 25 2017, The Guardian newspaper carried a report as a rider on its front page. The title was, Zaki-Biam: IGP Briefs, Absolves Fulani Herdsmen. As at the time the story was published, I remember that I...