Opinion

OPINION: AS PRESIDENT BUHARI DELIVERS HIS PROMISES 

Three actions taken by President Muhammad Buhari in the past few days that have attracted admiration from the Nigerian people are kick-starting appointments into federal agencies and parastatals, delivering the Abuja International Airport on schedule and probing some indicted...

OPINION: INSPIRING STORIES OF BENUE LEADERS, UNINSPIRING STORY OF THE STATE AND THE CHALLENGE 

Today is Governor Ortom's birthday and the story of his life is truly inspirational. He joins a chain of indigenous democratically elected Governors of the state with inspiring stories, who rose from humble backgrounds to stardom against all odds,...

OPINION: RIVERS AT 50: CELEBRATION, NEW VISION, SUSTAINED GROWTH

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It is no longer news that Rivers State will be 50 on May 27, 2017. Everyone knows that Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has set in motion the process to celebrate the creation of the state, her achievements so far and...

OPINION: VERY GOOD NEWS ABOUT EDUCATION FROM SOKOTO 

A silent revolution is taking place in the Seat of the Caliphate, Sokoto State, if it fully crystallizes, not only the  state, but the entire country and beyond, will be greatly, positively, impacted. The revolution is the wind of change...

OPINION: NO SHIITES! NIGERIA IS NOT A TERRORISTS NATION     

Some Nigerians are really of queer breed. They act, reason and attempt   to curry support on issues and matters that are completely in dissonance   with the virtues of truthfulness, patriotism and commonsense. A perusal of the published article with the...

OPINION: BUHARI SUSPENDS BABACHIR: KUDOS OR KNOCKS?

President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) strategically campaigned and got elected at a time when the masses were craving for a Moses to deliver Nigeria from the shackles of corruption. After taking over the helm of affairs, rain of commendations trailed...

OPINION: NIA AND THE MESSY $43M: MEMO TO BUHARI

Since last week, the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), the foreign intelligence arm of our nation’s intelligence network, has been in the news for the most annoying, baffling and wrong reasons. The shocking discovery of $43m( about N13bn) by the...

OPINION: THE DENOUEMENT OF BABACHIR LAWAL

“We are victims of our actions; our destinies are controlled by the cosmic rolls of the dice, the whims of the stars and the vagrant breeze of fortune that blows from the windmills of the gods.”- H.L. Detridge. The above...

OPINION: A SAD DAY FOR TURKEY

The razor-thin victory (51.3% to 48.7%) of Turkey’s President Erdogan in the referendum held on April 16 in fact denies Erdogan the mandate to govern with the sweeping powers the new constitution grants the President, especially when the results...

OPINION: YOU HAVE TO BE DEAF AND DUMB NOT TO LOOT AS IT IS

Why are we so mad at looters? A friend said it right. Some of us are angry because we never got the opportunity to loot. There are those that would do worse if given that opportunity. We still remember...