Opinion

OPINION: 2019 OYO GUBER: SHITTU AND THE CHANGING NARRATIVES

The events in recent times in the political landscape of Oyo state had left much to be desired as old friends are aligning and new alliances are being formed. Ahead of coming 2019 elections, there are different permutations surfacing...

OPINION: NIGERIANS CELEBRATE THE END OF WAR ON CORRUPTION

In anticipation and in preparation for 2019, the presidency announced that the war on corruption ended last week with the arrest of Pius Anyim, former secretary to the federal government by the EFCC. The presidency has therefore decided to...

OPINION: LESSONS FROM ANAMBRA GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION

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It was Theodore Roosevelt that was credited with the quote, “the credit belongs to those who are in the arenas, who strive fearlessly and who at worst, if they fail, fail while daring greatly." The quote above illustrates exactly what...

OPINION: ROBERT MUGABE TRAVAILS AND THE LESSONS TO DRAW

When one is favoured with longevity, says my grandfather, he must in the same vein contend with one out of the these two inherent probables. If the individual is not met with a flood of blessings, chances are that...

OPINION: I FEAR FOR NNAMDI KANU’S LIFE

We may not see Nnamdi Kanu alive any more. I hope that I am wrong for I think he has done great things for both Nigeria and Biafra. For Nigeria he is the instrument that is motivating Nigerians to...

OPINION: GO, MUGABE, GO

Since August, I have been the anchorperson of a programme on television called ThisDay Live where we discuss political matters - local and global. The programme is available on Arise News TV at6pm, 9pm and sometimes at midnight every...

OPINION: BIAFRA AND KANU: FORETELLING THE POSSIBLE END

Nigerian ethnic groups are enduring the pains, rather than enjoying the gains of unity. From 1960 to date, successive governments, both the militarily imposed and the democratically elected, has declared Nigeria’s unity non-negotiable. Double-edged, the willingness to retain a...

OPINION: ANAMBRA GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION: KUDOS TO IGP IBRAHIM IDRIS

The governorship election that took place on Saturday 18th November, 2017 in Anambra State was a huge feat when you talk of the security arrangement put in place. The Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris had visited Anambra...

OPINION: BUHARI’S TALL RANKING ON TERROR WAR

Without mincing words, I do like to confess publicly that I am one Nigerian who believes in President Muhammedu Buhari. I am not his partisan adherent, but my admiration for him as a person and now leader of Nigeria...

OPINION: EDO CENTRAL SENATORIAL DISTRICT IN DIRE NEED OF A POSITIVE DRIVER AND GAME CHANGER

Today, the die is cast and it is no more news that the crying incompetence of an elected representative has taken a sad toll on our people thus finding expression in a dearth of service infrastructures in our region....