Opinion

OPINION: NIGERIA, STILL TRADING WAR STORIES

"If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself." ― Albert Einstein Everyone is talking and threatening, there is a new one...Rondel Region of Niger Delta. Infact they called theirs the Rondel Convenant. The South...

OPINION: JUNE 12; JETTISIONING THE TRIBAL SENTIMENTS OF THE ANNUAL REMEMBRANCE RITUAL

June 12 cannot be forgotten in a hurry. The events that played out still baffle a lot of bystanders and have left the political savvy amazed. Whether the day is accorded the attention it deserves or not, it cannot...

OPINION: JUNE 12: BEYOND A “HARMLESS” REMEMBRANCE

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Events after the infamous June 12 election may not be forgotten on account of sentiments that culminated in a bloodbath. The late Moshood Kashimawo Abiola was adjudged to have won election in 1993 and believed to have been denied...

OPINION: JUNE 12 1993 AND THE LESSONS OF HISTORY

Those who were not born before June 12 1993 may not know what is all about .For record purposes , June 12 1993 was the day Nigerians from the East, West ,North and rose in one voice , in...

OPINION: NIGERIA’S ANTI-CORRUPTION WAR: HAS THE CHICKEN COME HOME TO ROOST?

When some of us who are privileged to be members of the commentariat and who some refer to as public intellectuals took exception to the way and manner that the anti-corruption war of this administration was being executed, we...

OPINION: SANI-OMOLORI: CRAVING FOR ENDURING LEGACIES IN NASS

Clerk to the National Assembly (CNA), Alhaji Mohammed Ataba Sani-Omolori, attained the 56 years-old mark last Wednesday, June 7.  Although the occasion was devoid of the characteristic pomp and ceremony, yet the quintessential bureaucrat never allowed the day to pass...

OPINION: THE WESTMINSTER REVOLUTION OF 2017 

Mr. Tony Blair former British premier sounded prophetic in his first- hand account of his years in office and beyond titled: “Tony Blair:- a Journey” Tony Blair became Prime minister in 1997 and led Labour party to a historic three...

OPINION: THE SUBVERSIVE BIAFRAN AGITATION, ETHNIC RESPONSES AND THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT

For over two years now, the Igbo political elite have been uncomfortable with their choice for president losing at the last Nigerian presidential election. Since that time, it (as well as its militant wing IPOB) has resorted to subversive...

OPINION: ANAMBRA STATE ELECTION: OSITA CHIDOKA – THE MAN WE CAN NOT MISS

Whatever form the forthcoming Anambra State election takes, majority of us have patriotically made our case and advocacy for the choice of Osita Chidoka (Ike-Obosi) as the next Chief Executive of the State. This is more so since we...

OPINION: NEPAD, NGO AND STRANGE INTERPRETATIONS OF WHISTLE-BLOWING POLICY

The whistle-blowing policy has set everywhere abuzz as many Nigerians have turned it into a lucrative vocation.  Indeed, some Nigerians have already earned huge sums of money with 20 people recently sharing  N375.8m . Announcing this last Wednesday June...