Opinion

OPINION: BIAFRA: IT’S TIME FOR NNAMDI KANU TO CHANGE THE DRUMBEAT

''There have been agitations and calls for a long time now for Nigeria's   break up and restructuring. While the bulk of pauperised Nigerians who   form the bulk of Nigerian plebians see outright break up as the royal   road to...

OPINION: DISCO DANCING IN SENATE AND LURKING DANGER

Senator Demola Adeleke, the newest Senator in the hallow chambers seems to have been dancing non-stop since his victory at the polls. Elected to finish the term of his late brother, Senator Isiaka Adeleke, I have watched various videos...

OPINION: EGMONT’S SUSPENSION OF NIGERIA: A CASE FOR NFIC BILL

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Three weeks ago, the hammer of the world's watchdog on money laundering and terrorist financing, Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units fell on Nigeria for non-compliance with global best standards. The crux of the matter is the absence of...

OPINION: APPRAISING ABIA’S EFFORT IN REDUCING INFANT MORTALITY

Recently, Abia State Government added another milestone to its hall of fames.The state through its ministry of health, the Nestle Nutrition Institute of Africa, the Nigeria Society of Neonatal Medicine, and Vicar Hope Foundation held a workshop which trained...

OPINION: BANNING THE WITNESSES, BUT NOT WHAT THEY WITNESS

All religion, is belief. Depending on the emphasis, any religion or religious movement can be one of ‘peace’   ‘tolerance’ or ‘extremism’. The most difficult ban is that  on religious belief because it is a futility; such a ban is...

OPINION: BORNO, BOKO HARAM AND A FAILED STATE

Social psychologists have established that massive youth unemployment and the failure of leadership at any level to secure a prosperous future for its upcoming generation of youths is largely the main recipe for insecurity anywhere in the world. When...

OPINION: TRAVAILS OF FEDERALISM IN NIGERIA

With my recent sporadic media intervention on the warped form and character of federalism in Nigeria, I assumed I must have contributed to the ongoing polemic via-a-vis the imperatives of either political restructuring or secession as canvassed by the...

OPINION: ONDO’S BITUMEN, ENUGU’S COAL AND NIGER DELTA’S OIL

On Tuesday, July 18, 2017, it was publicly announced, and published, that the Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Ministry of Solid Minerals, has awarded exclusive mining rights to the Ondo State government, to begin exploitation and sale of...

OPINION:  RESTRUCTURING NOT RENEGOTIATION BUT RETURN TO IDEAL STRUCTURE

Recently there have been debates as to whether Nigeria should be restructured or not. Some say Nigerian unity is not negotiable while others like Nobel Laurete Prof Wole Soyinka and Governor  Seriake Dickson in a recent event in Bayelsa...

OPINION: OIL SWAP DEAL: THE “CONSPIRACY THEORY” AGAINST CAPTAIN ‘HOSA

These are trying times for many businesses and their owners in Nigeria.  Businesses are crumbling due to economic upheavals. Reputations of businessmen and women, nay government contractors, especially those of them who are not politically correct, are being shredded on...