Opinion

OPINION: DEMONISING SULE LAMIDO

Former governor of Jigawa state, Alhaji Sule Lamido, is once again in the news for the perceived incorrectness of his political gambit ahead of the scheduled July 1 local government election in the state.  Lamido, who ruled the state for eight years...

OPINION: AT HALF TIME; ITS MONKEY BUSINESS AHEAD 2019 

Laifi'n babba, rowa, laiii'n yaro, kiwuya. (The boy complains that his master is stingy, the master that his boy is lazy.)  "The public does not like you to mislead or represent yourself to be something you're not. And the...

OPINION: THE OTHER SIDE WHY ABUJA AIRPORT WAS REPAIRED ON SCHEDULE 

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From Femi Fani Kayode to Felix Hyatt to Babatunde Omotoba to Stella Odua to former Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) Corps Marshal Osita Chidoka, Nigerians had not had it better in the aviation sector. Under the incumbent administration, Chibuike...

OPINION: THE APPOINTED CAN BE MOST TERRIBLE

We have often dwelled on the elected official and how their corrupt outlets can be both surprising and damaging. And we lash them with all sorts of public dismay and curses. But there is this other easy, cool group we...

OPINION: IMO STATE AND 5 MILLION MUMUS 

For the Sumerians the word “Mumu’’ means creative reason, in other words, that which creates all things. The Babylonian priests see the god Marduk as the creator of the world. Marduk was identified with the word “Mumu’’. The early...

OPINION: RIVERS STATE : NIGERIA’S TOURISM AND INVESTMENT DESTINATION 

Endowed by nature as the nation’s  treasure base, Rivers State is blessed with vast deposits of oil and gas, two functional seaports, an international airport, revived rail network, vast arable land, enhanced security network and a  business friendly environment. ...

OPINION: AND ANOTHER FEATHER ADORNS THE CAP  

Last week, Fortune, a part of the TIME network released a list of 34 World Leaders who are changing health care globally, and surprise! surprise! Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Chair of Gavi as well as CEO Seth Berkley, made...

OPINION: HOW AREGBESOLA WILL PICK A SUCCESSOR 

The race for governorship of Osun state is picking up. Within the ruling All Progressive Congress, the man holding the ace is Governor Rauf Aregbesola,  whether anybody like it or not. Rauf is going to instal a successor, going by...

OPINION: ADEGBORUWA’S VISION OF HELL   

Legal practitioner, Ebun-olu Adegboruwa on Friday May 5, 2017 issued a statement titled ‘Let us paralyze the system’ in which he ominously called for a shutdown of all sectors in Nigeria as a blackmail tool to force President Muhammadu...

OPINION: APPLAUDING IKPEAZU’S INITIATIVES IN COMBATING CRIME IN ABIA     

Security is said to be everybody’s business, and therefore requires a collaborative effort. This is because a neighbourhood is not secured when a location within it is attacked. Akin to this claim is that insecurity has assumed a global...