Opinion

OPINION HOW LOW CAN NIGERIA FALL BEFORE RESCUE COMES FROM WITHIN     

Nigeria is not yet a failed state. We have a government in control of   its borders that has put Boko Haram on the run and put looters on notice   that their days of impunity are numbered. However, the same...

OPINION: BUHARI’S RETURN: MATTERS ARISING

As someone who has been in that corridor recently, I do not share the view of those who insist that President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent 50-day medical vacation was mismanaged by his  handlers, up to this point. I said this...

OPINION: OHANEZE AND ITS UNJUSTIFIED  FEAR OF THE ARMY

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It takes morbid fear to work up the courage to condemn what a large   population are commending.  When the Nigerian Army inaugurated a   7-member Special Board of Inquiry into allegations of human rights   abuses against it the development was...

OPINION: IFE KILLINGS: WHEN WE ALL WERE SILENT!

We are living in an unusual period. This is a period when the media enjoys and promotes conflicts. This is the period where shedding of blood is good news. We are in an age where people make fun of...

OPINION: STILL ON FANI-KAYODE, BURATAI, BIAFRA AND THE GUARDIANS OF EMPIRE NIGERIA

Let it be stated from the outset that this piece is being written in memory of a certain Okanga Agila, who, in penning his calligraphic gibberish on the subject and against Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, betrayed the mental comatose his...

OPINION: FOR LOVE OF COUNTRY AND COMPATRIOTS

Nigerians are used to being treated like orphans. They have a long   history of neglect, abandonment and being despised. This is so much that   many have come to accept these as articles of fate and that their state   is...

OPINION: NDDC AND SAGAY’S ALLEGATION OF CORRUPTION

On March 2, 2017, the Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee   Against Corruption (PACAC) Prof. Itse Sagay, took a swipe at the Niger   Delta Development Commission (NDDC), accusing it of being reckless with   funds meant for development in the...

OPINION: ADOKE/EFCC: THE CRUDE OIL CONVERSATIONS

An American lawyer MR. GERRY SPENCE who wrote a beautiful book   titled: _“POLICE STATE: HOW AMERICA’S COPS GET AWAY WITH   MURDER”,_ made a very interesting point that will guide us as we   navigate through the various ramifications of arguments...

OPINION: FULANI HERDSMEN: PERHAPS, IT’S TIME 

A few years ago, a church had reason to change its doctrine concerning marriage and divorce. For decades, the church had upheld and taught that marriage was "for better, for worse" and enjoined members to endure the ups and...

OPINION: MR. BUHARI AND THE LIARS WITHIN 

RONALD REAGAN ONCE SAID, "GOVERNMENT IS LIKE A BABY, AN ALIMENTARY CANAL WITH A BIG APPETITE AT ONE END AND NO SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY AT THE OTHER END". AND I ADD A BIG HEAD THAT THINKS IT KNOWS IT...