Opinion

OPINION: BUHARI AND APPARITION OF CHANGE

I am persuaded to state without equivocation that we have become too distracted by our partisanship, sometimes masked as constitutionality, to notice that President Muhammadu Buhari has upended not only our social cohesion and geography but has frittered away...

OPINION: THE PRO AND ANTI BUHARI PROTESTS

Just like the presidents of every country of the world are very important to their citizens, the case is the same in Nigeria. Nigerian presidents are of great significance to their people. And so President Muhammadu Buhari has been...

OPINION: TIMI FRANK: A DISASTER FROM LONG AGO

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If the International circuit has sufficient and informed access to events in Nigeria, particularly as it pertains to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the word "Timifranking" would have made it into the lexicon of English language. Timifranking is...

OPINION: APPRECIATING WORLD BANK INTERVENTION ON ABIA RURAL ROADS

Rural population is a critical component   of a nation's population. This is because in most countries of the world, especially the developing world, the greater percentage of the nation's population live in the rural areas. In Nigeria it is...

OPINION: AND DIEZANI DAZZLES…

Since I read the exposé by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on the looted public funds that have so far been traced to the former minister of petroleum resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, I have been beside myself.  The Commission has...

OPINION: IF ONLY IT WAS ABOUT BUHARI’S HEALTH

"The public does not like you to mislead or represent yourself to be something you're not. And the other thing that the public really does like is the self-examination to say, you know, I'm not perfect. I'm just like...

OPINION: NTEL: WE’RE JUST MAKING ECONOMIC SENSE

The Muhammadu Buhari government should do the needful by blocking some entrenched political interests who are in the habit of exploiting the influence and authorities of the state to takeover businesses they never laboured for. This habit is a...

OPINION: CORPORATE IRRESPONSIBILITY: THE CASE OF SHEL/NPDCL’S ATTEMPT TO RESUME OIL PRODUCTION IN OGONILAND

I do not know how best to describe Shell Nigeria and her new ally, the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), both of which have exhibited very high level of irresponsibility in Ogoniland. On Thursday, August 4, led by the president...

OPINION: THE FUTILITY OF DAKUKU’S APPOINTMENT 

On February 3, 2016 shortly after the Supreme Court confirmed the election of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, the Defeated 2015 Rivers State APC Governorship Candidate, Mr Dakuku Peterside ran to the APC National Secretariat for the most...

OPINION: IMPEACHING THE “USELESS AND COSTLY” SENATE FOR  AFRICAN POWER ADVENTURERS

Skillful traditional dancer, Jacob Zuma, President of South Africa, narrowly danced  out of impeachment  three days ago. His nimble political feet enabled him by a slim 21-vote difference to continue his performance in office.  He has been in office since 2009 and...