Opinion

OPINION: THE TRUTH AND THE FALLACY ABOUT KOGI STATE GOVERNOR

The Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello is being seen by people in different forms. Some consider him as the worst Governor of the State since its creation while others regard him as the messiah God sent to...

OPINION: ATTORNEY GENERAL’S FIAT AND THE FALTERING ANTI-GRAFT WAR

Since the return of democracy in 1999 and the establishment of two anti-corruption bodies (the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission) to rid the country of institutionalised corruption, interests of...

OPINION: NNPC 2019: OF JACKALS AND HYENAS

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The well-publicised spat between the Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu and the Group Managing Director of the state oil company, the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, Dr Maikanti Baru, is perhaps the greatest challenge so far to...

OPINION: HYENAS AND JACKALS HAVE TAKEN OVER THE PRIDE LAND

Let me borrow from late Dr, Bala Mohammed who said: "if you are emotionally attached to your tribe or political leaning to the point that truth and justice become secondary considerations, your education is useless. Your exposure is useless....

OPINION: KWANKWASO: MATCHING CHARACTER WITH GRACE @61

Ethics scholars on leadership have since concluded that the most important attribute of leadership is not power, after all, but character. According to this school of thought, every leader is only as safe and secure as his character. Indeed,...

OPINION: PRESIDENT BUHARI’S ETHNOCENTRIC IMAGE IS HIS FAULT

While the controversy surrounding the leak of Ibe Kachikwu's letter is still raging on, the Presidency is under fire again following the comments of World Bank's president, Jim Yong Kim, in an interview where he claimed that President Muhammadu...

OPINION: ANAMBRA STATE’S NEXT GOVERNOR: MAKING CHOICES HARDER

On November 18 this year, the electorate of Anambra State will go to the polls to elect a Governor that would oversee their affairs for a term of four years. It is not sufficient for the people to envisage better days...

OPINION: THAT OUR YOUTH MAY NOT BE BLAMED

In a conventional conversation, it is a general belief that the habit of sitting on the fence may not be the best decision. But in an applied sense, it avails one the vintage opportunity to view the two sides...

WHY DOKPESI SHOULD BE PDP NATIONAL CHAIRMAN

The socio-economic and political realities in Nigeria today is telling on everyone. While some are bold enough to admit it or express their disappointments with the situation, others are still pretending that all is well or that things will...

OPINION: CHE GUEVARA: 50 YEARS OF THE HEROIC GUERRILLA

As parts of the universe this  Monday, October 9, marked the fiftieth year Ernesto Che Guevara was summarily executed in a classroom in  La Higuera, Bolivia, my mind was on three  romantic figures who gave their lives for the love of humanity;...