Opinion

OPINION: JUNE 12: BEYOND A “HARMLESS” REMEMBRANCE

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?

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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...

OPINION: TERRORISM: THE WORLD’S CONSTANT REALITY

The Imagery of Great Britain does not spark enthusiasm in a lot of Nigerians for attestable reasons. Generally, Africans in countries colonized by the British share similar sentiments. For Nigerians, Britain, the former colonial master, is at best, a...

OPINION: AGRICULTURE AND THE 8TH SENATE 

At the inception of the 8th National Assembly in 2015, one of the principal focus of the Nigerian Senate was to divest Nigeria’s economy from oil dependency to a non-oil export as a major revenue alternative in the face...