Opinion

OPINION: CONCERNING HAVING A MALE OR FEMALE CHILD…

The term "garbage in, garbage out" originated in the computer science   and information technology fields to illustrate the fact that the   quality of the output received from a computer program depends on the   quality of input. Simply put, what...

OPINION: THE BOOK DINO MELAYE NEVER PUBLISHED

The Kogi Senator Melaye needs no introduction. He's perhaps the most   well read out of the 109 senators of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.   His chains of degrees swirls like a snake across continents. He has   degrees from Nigeria,...

OPINION: BIAFRA, AND FINDING THE NIGERIAN BLACK BOX 

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The land of the rising sun...Biafrans, Igbos, the South, Federating units, restructuring...revenue formula and now are some of the words that are trending, there are hate speeches from all sides, the Jewish Rabbi Nnamdi Kanu has also been in...

OPINION: ENCUMBERED LEADERSHIP OF A DISORIENTED NATION

Good leadership is not elusive. It isn’t exactly rocket science.  Centuries ago, William Penn established an unusual colony dedicated to the principles of religious tolerance, participatory government, and brotherly love. He believed that “no people can be truly happy if...

OPINION: BIAFRA @50: WHERE THERE IS A COUNTRY IN A COUNTRY 

The voluntary sit-at-home order embarked upon by the south eastern, south - south Nigerians as part of Biafran independence is a quick reminder that there is still a country called “Biafra”. If we have been living under the illusion...

OPINION: OBEY COURT VERDICTS OR KILL OFF DEMOCRACY 

The enduring beauty of democracy as practiced in civilised climes is the institutional and enforcement frameworks that are put in place to ensure that nobody is above the law In those climes the Supremacy of the Constitution is not merely...

OPINION: THE COMETRAGEDIC FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OTUOKE PROTEST

Something comical and tragedic all at once happened at the Federal University Otuoke, in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State on Wednesday, May 24, 2017. There was a protest there by some people purportedly against alleged marginalization against...

OPINION: IGBO POSITION ON NIGERIAN RESTRUCTURING

The need to restructure the Nigerian state has gained a populist currency in the past few years. Especially, since the beginning of this year, 2017 it has become a consensus call coming from almost all the ethnical, political and...

OPINION: THE NEED TO ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN NIGERIA     

It's not only the mad people who wander the streets dressed in rags, talking to themselves, that have mental health issues. People will be surprised to learn that a lot of seemingly healthy and sane people have mental health...

OPINION: BIAFRA @ 50: THE RESURGENCE OF PEOPLE’S POWER     

Abraham Lincoln, a Republican, was the 16th  President of the World’s largest democracy- the United States of America between 1861- 1865 He was such a world’s statesman whose presidency was credited with many feats amongst which was the January 1st...