Opinion

OPINION: NIGERIA: A NATION OF MORAL DISORDER

As one who loves Nigeria, the steepening decay of morals in Nigeria that obstructs our forming a decent and civilized society keeps me awake at night. In English literature I read of Greek tragedy. The idea that life is...

OPINION: BUHARI/OSINBAJO: FOLLOW THIS ROAD!

The root of the current political debate- as to the appropriate designation of the acting President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo- arising from President Muhammadu Buhari’s  trip to the UK on Medical grounds- lies much more on lack of communication  or...

OPINION: IGP AND HIS EMBARRASSING PARTISANSHIP 

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When I pitied the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris in one of my write-ups earlier in the year, it was simply because I saw very clearly, a man out to destroy the Nigerian Police because of his...

OPINION: HAS WOLE SOYINKA BECOME A REVISIONIST?

I was uncomfortable when I read a statement credited to Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka calling on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to prosecute those he described as detractors in the fight against corruption in the country. Baba...

OPINION: PMB AND THE LIMITS OF ENDURANCE

When President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) entered the presidential race in 2015, he might not have appreciated, as a fact, that he was taking his luck too far, given his age and, more importantly, his health status.  Recall that he had...

OPINION: AWO: THIRTY YEARS AFTER AND THE TRUE MEASURE OF A MAN

I don’t want funeral songs to be sung at my funeral because I won’t die. I will (only) change my life and life after this life and I believe that when I shed off this bodily shell, I would...

OPINION: PLEASE STOP EMBARRASSING THE IGBO     

Just recently the DSS invited a friend of mine and bonafide son of   Nnewi, Chief (Dr) Ifeanyi Ubah of Capital Oil & Gas Ltd fame to come   and give an account of the whereabout millions of litres of PMS...

OPINION: MACRON OF FRANCE: A WAKE UP CALL FOR NIGERIAN YOUTHS 

Emmanuel Macron, President-elect of France had his first degree in the year 2001 at the age of 24. That is a pointer to his age (39 years) and the year he was born, 1977. Before 40 years, the young...

OPINION: THE HIDDEN DANGERS OF CULTISM   

So many young people are joining cults, or gangs, at an alarming rate. Never a day goes by, somewhere, that somebody doesn’t die as a result of cult activity which is sweeping across the country.  So you join a cult:...

OPINION: BETWEEN BUHARI’S HEALTH, TINUBU’S POLI-TRICKS & POWER

Asiwaju Sen. Bola Ahmed Tinubu is really the odious, typical Nigerian politician. All is fair,  if it is fair with him and his clan of  Western  sycophants and elsewhere. Everything must be rubbish and messy, anytime he misses his...