Opinion

OPINION: THE SCAM IN PARIS CLUB REFUND

Everything about the Paris Club Refund seems very shadowy. So far, the Federal Ministry of Finance has shielded Nigerians from detailed information about the money it had shared to states as refund of excess deductions from their statutory allocations....

OPINION: DISTINGUISHED SERVICES TO HUMANISM AWARD: TO ALL HUMANISTS AT RISK WORLDWIDE

Thank you the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) for selecting me as the recipient of the Distinguished Services for Humanism Award for 2017. I dedicate this award to all humanists at risk around the globe. I feel humbled...

OPINION: THE BIG DEBATE AROUND DEVOLUTION OF POWER

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The big debate around devolution of power will continue until the north sees sufficient and justifiable reasons to do so. And if for some reasons other regions believe in power devolving, of what benefit will such accrue to the...

OPINION: THE KURDS’ TREATMENT IN TURKEY IS INDEFENSIBLE

The below article is a response to a public letter written by Ibrahim Kurtulus, criticizing my previous article about the plight of the Kurds in Turkey. Kurtulus is a member of the Federation of Turkish American Associations, Inc. You...

OPINION: SOME LESSONS FROM AMERICA

I am a bushman.  And, I make no pretensions about it. I do not mean that I am a supporter of former President of America, George Bush, Junior. Not at all!  What I mean is that I am not cosmopolitan, but...

OPINION: NOW THAT RESTRUCTURE IS DEAD, SEPARATION REMAINS ONLY OPTION FOR YORUBA

As expected, I met with a barrage of flaks mostly from Northerners for my article "If Acting President Osinbajo Were Hausa Or Fulani... Yoruba Ronu It's Time To Go!" published July 14, 2017 in SaharaReporters. Little minds are happy...

OPINION: OSINBAJO’S VISION AND THE CLIMATE OF FEAR

"Where have you been?" "I have been around" "I was just wondering why you have not said anything since the Acting President proclaimed that those of you who are asking for the restructuring of Nigeria are a bunch of government appointment...

OPINION: TURNING FRUSTRATION INTO OPPORTUNITY

The adage that ``tough times do not last, tough people do’’ is fast becoming the experience of Nigeria in its fight against economic recession. It is also relevant to confirm the saying that ``God is a Nigerian’’ in the...

OPINION: WE MUST NOT FAIL OUR PEOPLE

On behalf of the people and Government of Delta State, the Big Heart of Nigeria, I welcome you most affectionately to Asaba as brothers and sisters united by a common vision and faith in one indivisible and dissoluble Sovereign...

OPINION: AMENDMENT OF THE 1999 NIGERIAN CONSTITUTION AND THE CONCERNS OF CIVIL SOCIETY

INTRODUCTION The Constitution is the most important document in the governance of any country. It contains the rules and regulations both legal and non-legal, which ordain, order, regulate and sustain the government of a given country. It is the supreme...