Opinion

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     

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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...

OPINION: WHY THE TWO SAMUELS ARE RARE SPECIES    

In faraway Geneva, Switzerland, in Western Europe, over ten dozen   top Chief Executive Officers of blue-chip Companies operating on the   Black African continent are about now rounding up their meeting with   the objective of uncovering the magic wand for...

OPINION: IBORI: CHRIS AKOR’S FANTASTICALLY RUMOUR-LADEN ARTICLE

The fantastically rumour – besotted Chris Akor, in “The face of a fantastically corrupt country” (Business Day of Wednesday February 15, 2017) embraced rumour and nothing but his beloved rumour. To worsen matters, he also lied when he wrote: ….“was...

OPINION: LET THE BRACED MEETINGS BEGIN

Excellent news frittering in from the partisan side of town suggests that the BRACED Commission may soon be resuscitated. I read a Vanguard report on March 7, 2017, Finally, South-South governors bow to pressure, resume meeting soon that the...

OPINION: ILE IFE CRISIS: BETWEEN ETHNIC CONQUEST AND THE GLORIFICATION OF “YEYERITY”

The March 8, 2017, crisis in Ile Ife between the host Yoruba community and the settler Hausa community that led to the unfortunate loss of lives on both sides has further exposed the delicate nature of our union as...