Opinion

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

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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...

OPINION: ACTING PRESIDENT OSINBAJO’S LAST ORDER ON TERRORISM

If I had a chance in my youthful days, I would have enlisted into one arm of the Nigerian Armed Forces. But I was frustrated, as several attempts I made for admission into the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) Kaduna...

OPINION: WHY IS THE NASS SUDDENLY AFRAID OF THE NGOS?

The speaker of the House of Assembly, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, during an interactive session/technical roundtable on the NGO regulatory bill has accused civil society organisations of abusing the mandate of their establishments. He said that they are using their...

OPINION: TAMING CORRUPTION WITH NOLLYWOOD

The National Anti-Corruption Strategy (NACS) held a one-day stakeholders meeting on the Successful Implementation of the Anti-Corruption Strategy at the Transcorp Hilton hotel Abuja on the 27th July 2017 with a vision to have a Nigeria free of corruption...

OPINION: KILLING NIGERIANS SOFTLY WITH SOFT DRINKS

I bought two products  of the Coca Cola conglomerate three days ago. They are bottles of  Fanta and Sprite. I looked for a warning on them which should read  that the drinks are poisonous when taken  with Vitamin C. This would be  in accordance...

OPINION: VENEZUELA: REPLACING DEMOCRACY WITH ANARCHY

There is a deadly struggle in Venezuela. The government of Nicolas Maduro and the opposition have removed the gloves of democracy and are exchanging the bare knuckles of anarchism.  Matters got to a head when  this week, July 30,   over eight million...

OPINION: THE MILESTONE OF THE CONSTITUTION REVIEW 

Nigeria became an internationally recognised independent nation in 1960 and  has since then had series of constitutions in the past which include the Colonial era constitutions (1914-1960), Independence Constitution (1960), Republican Constitution (1963), Second Republic constitution  Constitution (1979- 1983),...