Opinion

OPINION: 2ND NIGER BRIDGE: BUHARI AS IGBO’S BEST FRIEND

Despite obvious criticisms of President Muhammadu Buhari's administration by some South Easterners, it has finally manifested that under this administration, the people of the area will heave a sigh of relief in the aspect of infrastructural development. Before his assumption...

OPINION: REDUCING HIGH PRICE OF CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA

The absence of transparency, accountability and openness in government created room for the scandalous looting of the nation’s resources by public officials. In a report provided by the International Budget Partnership, IBP, Nigeria’s budget systems require fundamental reform. From the...

OPINION: TUKUR BURATAI, FATAI OWOSENI: AGENTS OF ANCIENT EVILS

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Like many Nigerians, I am emerging from the shock of the recent outbreak of ancient evils in the form of harassment and arrests of journalists, reminiscent of President Muhammed Buhari's days as military dictator and head of state. The...

OPINION: AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP

The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington DC Dear President Donald J. Trump, I am one of your subjects and a proud American along with over 300 million others plus additional 11 million (or so) illegal aliens. We all love our America. But...

OPINION: APC: A NEST OF LIARS

Wole Soyinka once described the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a _“NEST OF KILLERS”. That was at the height of PDP's power when former President Olusegun Obasanjo held sway and prominent political personalities were gruesomely murdered in their bedrooms, on...

OPINION: FUNDING SEXUALITY EDUCATION IN NIGERIA

In Nigeria, high proportions of adolescents do not have stable relationships, are sexually active, and are often ignorant of the health risks of their behaviour. Worldwide Nigeria is second in the number of new infections and 10percent of the...

OPINION: A HUMANE PROPOSAL FOR BUHARI: RESIGN

There’s a chance that President Muhammadu Buhari would have come back to Nigeria by the time you read this column, but the fact that he had twice postponed his return date encourages one conclusion: that the man is really,...

OPINION: COME BACK HOME, MR. PRESIDENT

Come back home, come back home Come back home, come back home Come back home; Nigerians are missing you Come back home; Nigerians are waiting for you. Mr. President, your health and wellbeing are important to us. Nigerians want to see and feel...

OPINION: PERICOMA OKOYE: WHEN AN ANCESTOR TRAVELS 

Thursday February 16, 2017 would remain a black Thursday for millions of lovers of African cultural music and indeed all lovers of African tradition because of the news that broke of the transition to the great world beyond of...

OPINION: WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP SPOKE WITH A GHOST

My father, Memudu Adigun, died of stroke when I was barely two  years into my secondary education. Before then, like many others at my age, I have heard stories of angels, ghosts and spirits having conversations with people. Some...