Opinion

OPINION: RENO OMOKRI: RE-WRITING POWER SECTOR DARKNESS IN JONATHAN YEARS

Amongst the many flaws that one may heap on Nigeria's superannuated politicians and their aides, casuistry, the art of making clever but false argument, is certainly not one of such inadequacies. The average Nigerian political office holder and their...

OPINION: MY CONVERSATION ON NIGERIA WITH ATIKU ABUBAKAR

“Great ambition is the passion of a great character. - Napoleon Bonaparte, French Emperor I have met His Excellency, the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar several times. He had come across as someone who actually believes that it is either we...

OPINION: IGP’S SHAMBOLIC RESPONSE TO IBB’S GAMBIT

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When former President Olusegun Obasanjo released his state of the nation press statement of January 23, 2018, calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to forget about 2019 presidency due to failure of his purported nepotistic leadership that has left the...

OPINION: BETWEEN OBASANJO’S THIRD FORCE AND THIRD FAULT

Is the leitmotif of former President Olusegun Obasanjo's proposal of a National Coalition (NC) geared towards a complete change of the modus of appropriating the structures of political administration in Nigeria or essentially targeted at stopping either President Muhammadu...

OPINION: WHY I CANNOT #STANDWITHAISHABUHARI

I will like to preface my commentary on the reported re-tweets by the wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, of some uncomplimentary tweets about her husband’s government by Senators Ben Bruce and Isah Misau, with a story.  It was a...

OPINION: MALABU: BEYOND AGF’S STOP-WORK ORDER TO EFCC ON (OPL245) FRAUD

Whichever way you look at it, the order by the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister for Justice, Abubakar Malami, to the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, to re-investigate the resolution...

OPINION: DIVORCE: BEST MOM EVEN IN A SLUM MAY NOT BE THE BEST WIFE

Fathers need to be sensitive to the kids of their ex-wives. It could be miserable homes for them. Whenever some of the sweet-mom children run back downtown to mom, they are taken back. Some of the stories these children tell...

OPINION: BETWEEN OBASANJO’S THIRD FORCE AND THIRD FAULT

Is the leitmotif of former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s proposal of a National Coalition (NC) geared towards a complete change of the modus of appropriating the structures of political administration in Nigeria or essentially targeted at stopping either President Muhammadu...

OPINION: OBASANJO AND THE EXTENT OF PRESIDENTIAL POWERS

More than a week after President Olusegun Obasanjo released his state of the nation commentary and devastating assessment of the Buhari administration, it has remained the main subject in the public arena in Nigeria. It is a measure of...

OPINION: WHAT HAS BECOME OF OUR MUCH LOVED PARTY “THE APC”

The All Progressive Congress (APC) is a great party that fought the strongest political battle in the history of Nigeria and Africa as a whole, won and occupying the highest positions in Nigeria today. History has it that, APC...