Opinion

OPINION: BOKO HARAM: OPEN LETTER TO FINANCE MINISTER

Dear Mrs. Kemi, Compliments of the day! I am still grieving severely over the unfortunate incident of Boko Haram terrorists attacks on the 233 Battalion, at the Sassawa Military Forwarding Base in Damaturu, Yobe state. We lost some of our...

OPINION: NIGERIA: THE WAY FORWARD FOR NIGERIA

As another federal elections year draw near with over three hundred political parties on the queue to slug it out with the governing All Progressives Congress, APC, there is every compelling need to focus attention on key areas where...

OPINION: FIT TO FIGHT, MISFITS IN GOVERNMENT

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Some Brazilian generals have given notice that they will overthrow the government of President  Michel Miguel Elias Temer. One month has rolled by since the notice was given, yet there has been no official reaction, no arrests, no mass protests...

OPINION: NIGERIA’S SENATE AND ITS BASKET OF EMPTY PROBES

The Nigeria senate is impotent. So impotent that it engages in theatrical probes to conceal the absence of a legislative manhood. I have followed the senate closely. In fact, I covered that arm of the national assembly in the past....

OPINION: EKITI 2018: OJUDU AS THE CATALYST

"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will." –Mahatma Ghandi. Political activities are on the upbeat again in Ekiti State, where the accidental governor, Ayo Fayose, a sneaky fellow, will soon wind down his nefarious...

OPINION: THE ‘BOSS’ ASSUMES OFFICE 

Hameed Ali, is a retired colonel of the Nigerian Army and was at a time the military governor of Kaduna State. He can be said to be a very experienced Nigerian. For nearly two years since his bosom friend Muhammadu Buhari,...

OPINION: STATE GOVERNORS AND BEGGAR BOWL LEADERSHIP APPROACH

It is no longer a news that most of our states are currently faced with serious socioeconomic issues bordering on sustainability inabilities. Although this has been on over time but as a nation that plays politics with everything, we...

OPINION: WORKING UNDER ELUMELU AT STB – 9 MANAGEMENT LESSONS

In different fora when asked to reflect on my work experience, I always mention the tenacity and entrepreneurial orientation that Tony Elumelu’s leadership of Standard Trust Bank (STB) several years ago taught me. I recently watched a live event...

OPINION: RESTRUCTURING WITHOUT END

To live, is to die. It is an inevitable process. That might have been why William Shakespeare wrote in  'Julius Caesar' that he is amazed why human beings fear death because: "Death is a necessary end, it will come when it will...

OPINION: INTERNECINE WAR IN APC: WHO WILL SPEAK OUT FOR THE CASUALTIES?

There is a buzz about the internal strife that has recently been bedeviling Aso Rock villa like a ghost. It is based on the belief that there are numerous pockets of power in the presidency, which like a constellation of...