Opinion

OPINION: NIGERIA CONFLICT: WHITHER ARE WE BOUND WITH THREAT OF BLOODBATH LOOMING LARGE ON THE HORIZON?

There is no denying the fact under the existing circumstances that we are all helplessly caught in an agonising web of diabolic whims and caprices by a tribe of ambitious men who are bent solely on personal aggrandisements. That government...

OPINION: WANNACRY: AN ANALYSIS OF COMPETING HYPOTHESES

On 12 May 2017, as the WannaCry ransomware spread across computer networks across the world, a variety of explanations also began to worm their way through the information security community. Who was responsible for the WannaCry campaign? And what...

OPINION: THE PROBLEM WITH NIGERIA AND NOTES ON WAY FORWARD

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The major problem that had been facing the country since 1999, is that we have not really experienced the benefit of democracy. What we have been witnessing since 1999 is a civilian government rather than a democratic government. In the...

OPINION: LEAVE BURATAI OUT OF YOUR FAILING POLITICS

Eminent Nigerian scholar and politic risk analyst, Uche Igwe, has warned the Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike to stop dragging the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen. Tukur Buratai in what he described as the divisive politics promoted by...

OPINION: WHAT IF BUHARI DOES NOT WANT TO CONTINUE…?

Secrecy as they say, creates confusion and opens up the space for wild speculation and conspiracy theories. Nigerians believe fervently in the adage that nature abhors a vacuum. So the more secretive the government becomes about President Buhari’s health...

OPINION: REVIEW OF INEQUALITY IN NIGERIA: EXPLORING THE DRIVERS

INTRODUCTION The problem of inequality is one of the greatest challenges facing mankind today. The past five decades have witnessed monumental changes in the world. Global economic wealth has increased sevenfold and average incomes have tripled. Yet, poverty has increased...

OPINION: BUHARI’S HALF MARATHON OF FULL MARKS

Two years ago, President Muhammad Buhari assumed office, and there were great expectations from Nigerians. Such expectations can be encapsulated in building the nation’s infrastructures, job creation, revamping the economy, providing security and fighting corruption. After several years of dashed...

OPINION: AUN: AN OASIS OF HOPE

The word Oasis and what is associated with it brings to mind, a desert or wasteland of sand, unending sand and extreme heat in the day and chilling cold at night. A desert is unfriendly and uninhabitable with the...

OPINION: BUHARI’S MID-TERM REPORT, SO FAR, SO GOOD

As the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari clocks two years in office, it is pertinent to take an X-ray of the regime in terms of its performance in the critical areas of its campaign promises and in those areas...

OPINION: INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING AND WORK OF THE LEGISLATURE: LOCATING A NEXUS

Let begin by expressing my sincere appreciation to the organizers of this event by finding me worthy to share my thoughts on journalism and the practice of lawmaking. There may be no better time to discuss this salient topic...