Opinion

OPINION: BUHARI’S HEALTH: FALSEHOOD ELEVATED TO AN ART

With the recent visit of some governors and All Progressives Congress leaders to President Muhammadu Buhari in London, Nigerians now have incontrovertible evidence against the liars and alarmists who have ceaselessly peddled falsehood about our recuperating president. As it is...

OPINION: AKWA IBOM: THE MAGIC OF CONSTANT POWER SUPPLY

Power is a sector that has given successive governments in Nigeria damning records. Ensconced constitutionally on the exclusive list of the federal government, power supply has been an intractable malady that has afflicted our beloved nation for decades with...

OPINION: ONCE UPON A DIEZANI ALISON MADUEKE

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Once upon a time, the name Diezani Alison Madueke was a name to be reckoned with in our society as far as politics is concerned. It is a name synonymous with fame and wealth. She never held any elected...

OPINION: NIGERIA; OUR ANCESTORS ARE RESPONSIBLE 

Some two months ago, the Federal Government, the 36 states and their local government areas had so far shared N1.4 trillion from the federation account, being revenue generated in the first quarter of 2017. The breakdown was contained in...

OPINION: SHEKAU’S CAPTURE AND IMPLICATION FOR NATIONAL SECURITY 

If I had any doubt that it is end game for Boko Haram madman, Abubakar Shekau, it has disappeared with the vow of a 37-year-old Islamic cleric, Ali Ahmad to trek the whole 844 kilometers from Maiduguri to Abuja Recent...

OPINION: TRANSITION FROM PRESIDENT ZUMA TO PRESIDENT ZUMA 

In one swing, South African President Jacob Zuma  swept the governments of his country since independence  in 1994, into the dust bin of history. Describing the past two decades as those of waste, Zuma condemned the administrations  of the...

OPINION: SAGAY’S GOBBLEDYGOOK  

I read the news report credited to the Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption, Professor Itse Sagay (SAN), wherein he called for stiff punishment for counsels, particularly senior advocates, who have, in his opinion, routinely obstructed and frustrated proceedings...

OPINION: YOUTH IMPACT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH

An important variable in determining the economic growth or development of a country  is in how it affects the quality of life of the people within the given geographical context. More importantly, an even economy is one not tilted...

OPINION: SARAKI: LIMIT (AND BURDEN) OF ARROGANCE!

If further proof was needed of how desperate and devious Senate president, Bukola Saraki, could be, you got another one in an open letter addressed to him by Chief Edwin Clark, a former federal minister of information. In the...

OPINION: EXPLORING THE ADVANTAGES OF THE NEW MEDIA 

The new media are referred as contents that available on- demand through the Internet, accessible on any digital device, usually containing interactive user feedback and creative participation. The new media include websites such as online newspapers, blogs, wikis, video...