Opinion

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

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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...

OPINION: MY ENCOUNTER: ILLEGAL OSHODI LASTMA POLICE

On Tuesday, May 2 2017, while on my way to the University of Lagos,   en-route Oshodi from Ota; Ogun State, I got to Oshodi around 6:35AM,   drove straight to the area clearly demarcated as car park (where   vehicles going to...

OPINION: CORRUPTION GETS A BOOST AT DINO MELAYE’S BOOK LAUNCH 

On Monday, 15 May 2017, Mr. Dino Melaye gathered birds of identical plumage in Abuja to launch his book titled: Antidotes for Corruption. Among his crowd of invitees is Mrs. Patience Jonathan, who represents corruption from the crown of her...

OPINION: IFEANYI UBAH AND GOVERNMENT CREMATION OF IGBO INTERESTS

On Friday, May 5, 2017, the Department of State Services otherwise known as Nigeria’s secret police because of the nature of their mandate, arrested and detained the Managing Director of Capital Oil and Gas Ltd, Dr Ifeanyi Ubah. It...