Opinion

OPINION: JOY ODAMA: A COMPROMISED POLICE 

Is it for lack of competence and/or lack of the required will power to change the compromised and corrupt status quo in the police by the Inspector General of Police Ibrahim Kpotum Idris that has aided the deterioration of...

OPINION: END OF RIGHT-WING POPULISM?

The outcome of the recent elections in several European countries - Austria, the Netherlands, Britain and France - is raising question about whether right-wing populism has peaked. The possibility that this ideology has run its course is further strengthened...

OPINION: MEASURES THAT CAN HELP IN SOLVING THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL PROBLEMS OF NIGERIA

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There should be a Physical (Structural) and Fiscal (Financial-Revenue-Derivational Sharing Formular) Restructuring of the Nigerian Federation. Physically Restructuring of the country into Eight (8) Regions: Four (4) in the North (North West: Hausa/Fulani in majority, North East: Kanuri in majority,...

OPINION: BOKO HARAM: A BUSINESS EMPIRE DEMYSTIFIED?

Let me ask Nigerians these pertinent questions. When security agents arrest suspected Boko Haram terrorists and find in their possession dangerous and high-caliber guns and bombs, does it strike anything in anybody? Or what do people think each time...

OPINION: OPED TRIBUTE: “CAPTIAN” SUNTAI AND THE FINAL FLIGHT TO GLORY

Governor Danbaba Danfulani Suntai was the very soul and spirit of governance. He was the emblem and the signature of power. He was the sceptre and the throne in all its radiance and splendour. He was indeed the purple...

OPINION: A MINISTER’S BIGOTED AGENDA 

There is little doubt that the current minister of education Malam Adamu Adamu has displayed overwhelming aversion/repulsion  for other faith-based affiliations in the determination of who to appoint into strategic national educational positions. He is reported to have so marginalised...

OPINION: BUHARI AND THE HAUSA LANGUAGE

“Baba just fall my hand! Ha, wetin.” “Which Baba?” “Baba Bubu, the President of all Nigeria.” “In the spirit of this season, may Almighty Allah (SAW) grant him good health and quick recovery. It is part of our duty to pray for...

OPINION: BIAFRA IS NOT THE ONLY NATION CRYING OUT

Biafra is not the only one crying out for space, respect, equity and fair play in this Market where familiarity breed contempt. Delta market, Arewa market and Odua market, also want a form of confederation. Even conjoined twins require...

OPINION: STILL ON THE BUDGET POWERS CONTROVERSY

No compelling attempt has been made by the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to deal with the budget padding controversy.  Last year, the issue was a dark spot in the administration’s anti-corruption record.  Chairman of the Appropriation committee in the House of Representatives,...

OPINION: BUHARI’S STRONG VOICE OF WEAK HEALTH 

If many Nigerians were in doubt over the state of President Mohammadu Buhari health, the voice broadcast across media platforms on the occasion of Eid celebration has only made a resounding statement of his fragile state of health after...