Opinion

OPINION: CIVIL EMPOWERMENT WITHIN THE RULE OF LAW

Last week, there were two developments which emphasized the need for the civil empowerment of our people under the rule of law. The first was the reunion of the University of Benin class of 90 law graduates. In years...

OPINION: EXAM MALPRACTICE AND JAMB’S FUTILE ATTEMPT TO TARNISH IGBO IMAGE

The just concluded examinations (UTME) conducted by JAMB on prospective candidates into universities has unfortunately become another tool in the hands of federal institutions under the APC administration to continue to attempt to humiliate Ndigbo in every area of...

OPINION: OPEN LETTER TO AISHA YESUFU

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Dear Aisha Yesufu I do hope you are feeling a bit better than you did at the point you had a meltdown or better still, a recorded video nervous breakdown, over a government Nigerians say is serving them better. Most Nigerians...

OPINION: SO, WHAT IF BUHARI RESIGNS?

Once again, Nigerians are at the game they know best. The debate over what happens in the event President Muhammadu Buhari resigns due to poor health has only been matched by another needless hype over the president’s letter to...

OPINION: WHAT MANNER OF LOVE FOR PRESIDENT BUHARI 

While speaking recently at the palace of the Emir of Katsina, Dr. Abdulmumini Usman, Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, reaffirmed his love for President Muhammadu Buhari and cherished his relationship with him in since both of the joined together...

OPINION: HOW GOVERNMENT STEALS FROM THE POOR 

Today Thursdays May 18, 2017 started for me in a very special way. First I got a distress call from a young single mum of three children who ekes out a living by hawking fresh fruits somewhere in Wuse Two,...

OPINION: THE SPHINX OF VIOLENCE

The seasonal hurricane, ‘Military Mutiny’  is tearing through Cote d’Voire, while the  more devastating Hurricane Trump has again touched down in the American White House tearing through the American society and world politics. The epicenter of the latter hurricane...

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

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...