Opinion

OPINION: TOWARDS A BETTER NDDC: A POST MORTEM    

The current leadership of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC)  headed by Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba has had its hands full from  inception, in its bid to remake the narrative that has hitherto plagued  the commission. This piece takes a...

OPINION: IPOB: A DELUSION TAKEN TOO FAR    

The puerile announcement by the Indigenous People of Biafra that it will  boycott the Special Board of Inquiry set up by the Nigerian Army to  investigate allegations of right abuses is both laughable and saddening  at the same time....

OPINION: ENOUGH OF THESE MISCALCULATED DEFECTIONS    

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Will the 2019 general elections be a one-party affairs? I need an  sincere retort to this nagging question because the daily influx of  members of the erstwhile “almighty” Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)  into the 2-year old All Progressives Congress...

OPINION: LATE GOVERNOR ADEFARATI: UNTOLD STORIES OF POLITICAL REPRESSION AND INHERENT LESSONS FOR GOVERNOR AKEREDOLU, SAN & OTHER INCUMBENTS 

Like an eclipse, swiftly, the years passed. And it's striking to know that it's exactly 10 years that we lost a political juggernaut in the person of Chief Adebayo Adefarati, former governor of my dear State, Ondo. Baba Adefarati, as...

OPINION: PDP CRISIS: WITTICISM, FUSIONISM, EGOISM ET AL

That the political ruckus ripping the opposition party in Nigeria, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reached a crescendo is an understatement. The party has been rendered a prey hunted by two lions of different worlds. This is a...

OPINION: STILL, NBA LEADERSHIP WOBBLES!

"As priests in the temple of justice, our legal practitioners should live above board and no longer feel comfortable that some of the less-than-virtuous among them occupy critical and sensitive positions dealing with sanctions and preferment within the Bar." Legal...

OPINION: SWING THROUGH CHINA 

I was taking a train in Nigeria for the second time in my life. I have taken trains including high-speed or bullet ones. But these were in Europe, America  and Asia. It was not that we had no trains...

OPINION: SULLIVAN CHIME’S POLITICAL FAUX PAS

With juicy carrots on one hand and barbed sticks on the other, the All Progressives Congress has been cashing in on the internecine feud that has engulfed the Peoples Democratic Party in recent past. Even as efforts are being...

OPINION: SARAKI’S REFORMATION CAMPAIGN AND THE FUTURE OF LEGISLATION IN NIGERIA (II)    

Sequel to the Part 1 of this article published on the 19th of March, 2016 It has become imperative to update the previous achievements of the Saraki led 8th Senate as they are overtaken by events and set the...

OPINION: MAGU, EFCC CHAIRMANSHIP AND SENATE CONFIRMATION 

I am not a lawyer, and so, I cannot not speak with authority on issues of law. But there are certain issues that are so plain and clear that even when lawyers with expert knowledge are divided, as a...