Opinion

OPINION:  BUHARI’S OFFERINGS AND THE IMPERATIVE OF A NEW DEAL

It is common knowledge that President Muhammadu Buhari is alive.  This is heartening for well-meaning Nigerians but not mischief makers who had wished that the wicked rumour they deliberately packaged and instigated was real.  Presidential spokespersons and other officials of government...

OPINION: DEMOCRATS MUST ALLOW PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP THE FOUR YEARS HE WAS ELECTED TO SERVE

President Donald Trump is an amateur in politics. He has never been elected to any political office in his life. He has played politics much as I have played football, from the sidelines. I can make almost any calls...

OPINION: RE: HURIWA, ARE RELIGIOUS LEADERS ABOVE THE LAW? 

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The above mentioned opinion piece by one OKANGA AGILA who claimed to have written from the sleepy village of Agila in Benue State wouldn’t have merited a response because we concluded that it will be a sheer waste of...

OPINION: ANOTHER LOOK AT THE BUHARI, TRUMP PHONE CALL 

In a  major boost to his global acceptability, President Muhammadu Buhari had a phone call with President of the United States, Donald J Trump. That meeting has reversed years of travesty as Trump committed to helping Nigeria’s military by...

OPINION: ANAMBRA CENTRAL AND UMEH’S SUPREME COURT TRIUMPH 

After the conclusion of the March 28, 2015 National Assembly elections, Mrs. Uche Ekwunife, the then candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was declared winner of the Anambra Central Senatorial poll by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)...

OPINION: TWO FACES OF THE NIGERIAN ARMY

What kind of face exactly does the Nigerian army really want to present  to us? Good or bad? Beautiful or ugly? Friend or enemy? Protective or  abusive? Forgive my rant. But these days, every time I read the newspapers, watch ...

OPINION: NAHCON’S MOVE TO WEED ILLEGAL HAJJ OPERATORS

One of the tasks which President Muhammad Buhari laid on the shoulders  of the leadership of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON)  was to fight corruption and all ill-related practices that were  associated with the conduct of the...

OPINION: SENATE, POWER SECTOR REFORMS AND THE REST OF US

The recently concluded 2-day Stakeholders Interactive Dialogue on the  reform of the Nigerian Power Sector organized by the National Assembly  has again exposed the rot and the failure of successive government to  justify the over N2.7 Trillion spent on...

OPINION: BIRTH ATTENDANTS WHO CUT THE UMBILICAL CORD WITH BROKEN BOTTLES

After losing her fourth child during delivery at the house of her regular traditional birth attendant (TBA), 42 year–old Kemi Ariyo contracted spiritualists to get to the root of her problems. “I was widely accused to be a witch...

OPINION: VALENTINE, BABA’S VACATION AND OTHER STORIES

“Happy Valentine’s day, my friend” “You don’t wish someone Happy Valentine’s day with ordinary mouth, my friend” “Are you a woman?  The gifts are for women, not male friends.” “You see, yourself?  You are a bush man just like one of my...