Opinion

OPINION: BUHARI: #RESUMEORRESIGN PROTESTS AND THE NECESSITY OF TRUTH

It is 95 days today since the president, General Muhammadu Buhari, rtd, left the shores of our country for medical vacation in the UK. Adding the about 50 days he had earlier spent on the same vacation, General Buhari...

OPINION: BOKO HARAM: BETWEEN OIL AND RELIGION

Imam Abubakar Shekau, the Boko Haram leader prefers to be addressed as such, has always been in a desperate bid to be seen as a religious fanatic since he took the reins of an insurgency to demand the strict...

OPINION: CHINA WILL DEFEND ITS INFLUENCE IN N.KOREA/USA WAR

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There are threats flying back and forth from North Korea to United States. Swahili say when elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers. China will not sit idly while United States bombs its influence or stakes in North...

OPINION: THE MINDLESS WORSHIP OF GADGETS 

We have a new addiction in our lives and it's called the mindless worship of gadgets. We can't do without our gadgets and the main culprits are smartphones and tablets. Our popular gadgets are simply inanimate electronic devices that are designed...

OPINION: CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT: FAILURE OF IMAGINATION AND NEED FOR POLITICAL COURAGE

John McCain, the indomitable United States of America, USA senator whose vote torpedoed the Republican Party- his political party's attempt to repeal the USA affordable health care bill-dubbed Obamacare is a study in political courage. This is because along...

OPINION: FOR SENATOR YISA BRAIMOH @ 75, IT’S TWOFOLD CELEBRATIONS

Today, Senator (Engineer) Yisa Braimoh, the Seriki Musulumi of Afenmai Land in Edo state and the Osiozoikhai of Auchi Kingdom, is 75. There is excitement in the air, particularly for his immediate family members, who converge on Ihievbe, his...

OPINION: PDP CONVENTION, TARABA AND ODDS AGAINST INTERNAL DEMONS

As the PDP meets this weekend for its convention at Abuja, Taraba state should not be denied its pride of place. And I dare say the way Taraba would be treated would be a pointer to whether PDP is...

OPINION: ASSESSING THE MULTIPLE TALES AROUND OZUBULU MASSACRE

If the massacre of innocent lives at saint Patrick Catholic church,Amakwa, Ozubulu in Anambra state was shocking, bestial, the cacophony of tales tumbling from the mouths of those who claim to know the behind the mask executioners is unfortunate,...

OPINION: WHERE NOT TO BE A PENSIONER

Like the saying goes, anything that has a beginning also has end, and in most cases most people look forward to a happy ending in whatever they do. This is not the case of most Nigerian workers; Nigeria has...

OPINION: TAMING THE TWO DEATH MERCHANTS

The world is again sitting on a precarious ladder and we are all aware of how the two Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were sunk by dangerously powerful explosives. North Korea Kim Jon Jong-un is known for his tantrums...