Opinion

OPINION: CAF: IN SEARCH OF A SPORTS ADMINISTRATOR

The order from the presidency mandating Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to vote for the incumbent president of Confederation of African Football (CAF) Isa Hayatou against his main rival, Ahmad Ahmad of Madagascar has once again exposed the reason why...

 OPINION: APOSTLE SULEMAN: ADULTERY IN THE PULPIT

The adulterous affair between the founder and General Overseer of Omega   Fire Ministries Apostle Johnson Suleman and 23-year old Canadian-based   singer Stephanie Otobo has become news staple for many days, so much   that it needs no retelling. One of the...

OPINION: OBUMSELU, ONUKABA: DARKNESS FALLS TWICE

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I awoke a week ago to an email from C.Don Adinuba, one of my closest and most long lasting friends. The email bore dismal news: Benedict Ebele Obumselu had died two days earlier. I suspect that many readers of this...

OPINION: DEMOCRACY AND THE CHALLENGE OF FAKE NEWS

The term, ‘fake news’, is essentially an oxymoron. News is an account of what happened. By its very definition, it is the truth, the absolute truth and nothing but the truth. However, in a post-truth world, even fake and...

OPINION: CHIEF JAMES IBORI: THE TRAGEDY OF A WASTED AND LOST OPPORTUNITY OF A CONVICTED MACHIAVELLIAN

In 1999, Ibori emerged as the flag bearer of PDP in Delta state governorship election under the  supervision of Chief Tony Anenih as Mr Fix,  Chief Solomon Lar as Chairman and Okwuesileze Nwodo as Secretary. With James Manager as...

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

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...