Opinion

OPINION: TAKING OVER THE JOB OF THE TERRORISTS; THE IDP ANNIHILATORS

The news media reported that a Nigerian Air Force alpha jet erroneously bombed an IDP camp, killing over 100 people and injuring many in a case of friendly fire. This was a very sad news as it spread like wide...

OPINION: WAITING ON DONALD TRUMP

Tomorrow, Friday January 2017, Donald Trump will formally assume office as the 45th President of the United States. At 70, he will be the oldest person to be elected the President of the United States, beating the record set...

OPINION:RE:IBORI AND HIS LOYAL GOONS:CHRIS AKOR’S INFANTILE TIRADES

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The release of chief Onanefe lbori, former Gov of Delta state from a UK prison where, he was unjustly jailed after he,(under duress) pleaded guilty to money laundering charges without trial, has generated a lot of buzz in the...

OPINION: WHY ARE THE PRICES OF GOODS AND SERVICES RISING?

On the website of the National Bureau of Statistics is the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Inflation report for December 2016. The CPI which measures inflation increased by 18.55% (year-on-year) in December 2016. This is 0.07 percent points higher...

OPINION: TWO TRANSITIONS AND A DOG’S BAD NAME

This is a historic week in the world as far as democratic transitions are concerned. On Friday, January 20, 2017, President Barack Obama would be handing over as President of the United States of America to Donald Trump, the...

OPINION: THERE GOES THE BOMB BLAST AGAIN!     

Few weeks back, Nigerians were greeted with the story that Sambisa forests- the notorious enclaves of the armed Islamists of Boko Haram have been leveled down and that the rebel fighters responsible for some 30,000 killings have escaped. Incredibly, President...

OPINION: SORRY, BUT MY COUNTRY IS UGLY

I’ve known for a while that Nigeria was in sorry shape, but not even that knowledge prepared me for a side of the country I saw when I arrived on January 3 for a ten-day visit. The last time...

OPINION: JAMMEH’S DEFIANCE, ECOWAS MISTAKE AND BUHARI’S BAD EXAMPLE

As it is now, The Gambia is under emergency rule as declared by its president of 22 years, Yahya Jammeh. The emergency rule has become necessary in the estimation of Jammeh, following his decision to challenge the outcome of...

OPINION: 2017

We have entered 2017, a year that promises to change the world in radical ways. Change is both good and bad and it is this ambiguity that makes the world tremble, tremble, tremble. We do know that changes must...

OPINION: NOW THAT YOU ARE A GRADUATE

You are a graduate, and this calls for celebration. In few months, you are going to need a job. Do you not need a well-paid employment? Yes, you need that million Dollar per month job to help recover the...