Opinion

OPINION: PHILANTHROPISTS JOIN FORCES TO FUND AFRICA’S CASH-STRAPPED HEALTH SECTOR

Billionaires Bill Gates, Aliko Dangote come together to fund health care projects In the 2017 World Happiness Report by Gallup, African countries score poorly. Of the 150 countries on the list, the Central African Republic, Tanzania and Burundi rank as...

OPINION: UPROAR OVER INTERNET SHUTDOWNS

Nina Forgwe, who lives in Bamenda, in the northwest of Cameroon, missed the deadline to submit her doctoral application in March—one of many victims of an Internet shutdown in her town and in the other English-speaking parts of the...

OPINION: THE PARABLE OF THE TERRORIST, THE ZOO KEEPER AND THE PYTHON

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OPINION: SEPARATIST FATIGUE SYNDROME: IPOB IS SQUANDERING GOODWILL

The goodwill built by generations that were known for hard work, humility and earned trust Igbo enjoy in their country is being eroded by IPOB, in their pride before fall. Army have to be careful with Kanu seeking martyrdom....

OPINION: NIGERIA WAVES GOOD BYE TO FLAMBOYANCE AT UNGA, SNIPPETS ON PMB’S ARRIVAL

Often times Nigerians ask the question: "Where is the Change we were promised by the President Muhammadu Buhari in his 2015 Presidential Campaign?" The question is legitimate in the sense that the electorate still remains the masters while the President...

OPINION: 2019: THE JACKALS AND HYENAS GOVERNING IMO STATE

Imo State is in bondage, leadership bondage. And what we have seen in the last six years is kung-fu governance run by Jackals and Hyenas in Government House, Owerri. Never in the history of Imo State have we seen such...

OPINION: INSIDE ASUU AND FG’S MEMORANDUM OF ACTION

It is no longer news that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) ‘conditionally suspended’ its five weeks old strike embarked upon to force the Federal government (FG) to implement the 2009 agreement and the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)...

OPINION: HOW THE SOUTHEAST FELL AGAIN INTO THE TRAP

At the time there is stern condemnation of the activities of Boko Haram in the north east and the Kaduna killings in the northwest of Nigeria, the Southeast has swallowed the bait set for it by its enemies. O...

OPINION: RE: HURIWA AS IPOB’S NGO WING

A certain Emmanuel Otairu who identified himself as someone attached to Center for international and strategy studies Abuja penned a vexatious, libellous, false and jaundiced piece which he apparently syndicated a shortwhile ago which i have just read on...

OPINION: THE PYTHON DOES NOT DANCE…

Operation code-names have been an important part of military operations since the Germans first applied them in World War 1 but it may be said that the recent (or ongoing?) controversial military exercise in the South Eastern part of...