Opinion

OPINION: SARAKI, MAGU AND THE PHANTOM WAR ON CORRUPTION

Wednesday, 15th of March was the day Ibrahim Magu, the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, was hoping to have his appointment confirmed by the much vilified Nigerian Senate after having been rejected the first...

OPINION: EKWEREMADU’S TREATISE ON ANTI-CORRUPTION, OTHER ISSUES

Deputy Senate President, Dr. Ike Ekweremadu, has long engaged issues of fiscal federalism, devolution of power and equitable allocation of recourses to the federating units, which are the States and, by extension, the Local Government Councils in Nigeria's current...

OPINION: EL-RUFAI’S MISSIVE AS BAROMETER FOR BUHARI’S TOLERANCE

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It took the recent revelations of a letter written about six months ago by the governor of Kaduna State governor to President Muhammadu Buhari for Nigerians to realise that indeed the President tolerates opposing views. Ordinarily some cynics would have...

OPINION: NO OTHER GOD OR ALLAH BUT YOUR CONSCIENCE

How could that be? You just discoveredno other God or Allah but your conscience after all your prayers, investments and sacrifice that there is no other God or Allah but the Conscience within youis God. It cannot be true...

OPINION: THE MAGU AFFAIR

The Senate, for the second time, rejected President Muhammadu Buhari’s nomination of Ibrahim Magu as EFCC chairman on grounds of adverse report by the Department of State Security Services (DSS). His first attempt at confirmation was rejected in December...

OPINION: DELTA 2019: HOW WEIGHTY IS IBORI ENDORSEMENT IN TODAY’S POLITICS?

Few weeks ago, I got a report that Chief James Ibori, a former Governor of Delta state, has politically endorsed Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State for a second tenure in office and I just wondered if canvassing support...

OPINION: NIGERIA: STOP THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL     

Over fifty persons are protesting right now in front of the office of   the Amnesty International in Abuja, Nigeria. Sources at the office say   that the protesters are shouting "Amnesty International We no go gree.". A few of them are...

OPINION: GANI ADAMS: TWO YEARS ON THE ROAD OF INFAMY

It has been two years that Gani Adams deliberately dismounted from   the great height of fame to that of infamy. For selfish reasons, he   abandoned a well-laid table of greatness to dine in the sewers. Gani   Adams’s journey to...

OPINION: MAGU’S UNENDING CONFIRMATION: REASONS AND CONSEQUENCES     

Shortly after Ibrahim Magu was rejected for confirmation by the senate   as Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) chairman, some people   believed President Muhammadu Buhari has failed in engaging will to   assert on his candidate. It was reported in...

OPINION: A NEW APPROACH OF DOING BUSINESS IN NIGERIA

Fiscal responsibility and government reform are going to be good themes for governing, well at any time, but particularly coming out of a recovery. – Bob McDonnell Nigeria is ranked 170 out of 189 countries appraised on the ‘Ease of...