Opinion

OPINION: SOUL BROTHER, OBAMA

Those who signed the July 4, 1776 American Declaration of Independence gave humanity  one of the most imperishable declarations “ _We hold these truths to be self- evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed  by...

OPINION: WHEN JUDGMENT COMES UPON THE HANGMAN   

The cobwebs should have cleared from the eyes of anyone previously in doubt about the shady dealings of online hitman and publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoleye Sowore, who was this week arrested over an alleged threat to life and...

OPINION: WILL OUR GAMBIAN INTERVENTION HAVE A PLACEBO?

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The leitmotif guiding the theory of comparative advantage is that in a world of competing markets, trade and exchange of goods usually occur. This trade is often beneficial if there are relative differences in the factors of production. In...

OPINION: AS OBAMA READIES TO BOW OUT…

Barrack Obama, the 44th President of the United States and the first African American to hold the top American job, delivered his farewell address to Americans yesterday (January 10) from his adopted home state of Chicago. Speaking in front...

OPINION: THAT 20% TAX ON IMPORTED MEDICINES

Recently, the federal Government of Nigeria imposed a 20% tax on imported medicines in a new tax policy called Import Adjustment Tax. Prior to this, Nigeria had 0% duty on imported drugs. This is a consequence of an ECOWAS...

OPINION: DRESSING MRS. BUHARI IN MRS. JONATHAN’S GARB IS FUTILE. IT WON’T  FIT 

I feel very sorry for those who are making a great deal of effort at tainting everyone around the President. It's a case of, "We are filthy and rotten, we must wrestle you till some of our filth rub...

OPINION: NIGERIA’S BROKEN JUDICIAL SYSTEM

Nigeria’s judiciary has opened her doors for the New Year 2017 with a very controversial case in Abuja which has to do with the unconstitutional secret trial of Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, the Director of the Radio Biafra, a United...

OPINION: TAMBUWAL AT 51: INDELIBLE MARKS ON THE SEAT OF THE CALIPHATE 

If he were to be asked his birthday wish this day in 2015, the then Sokoto State gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Rt. Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, would have probably prayed for success in the elections...

OPINION: BEFORE ABUJA AIRPORT IS SHUT DOWN

A few years ago, the Federal Government of Nigeria shut down the Port Harcourt International Airport to carry out what they called repairs or was it renovation? It was supposed to be an exercise for a few weeks, but...

OPINION: THINKING WITH YOU… THE YEAR AHEAD IN NIGERIA

A new year brings an opportunity to look ahead. So, as 2017 dawns, Nigerians should cast a look at the journey ahead. To be sure, Nigerians have been squeezed by the economy. As the morality of our nation changed...