Opinion

OPINION: A TRIBUTE TO ENGR. KURE 

The distance between life an death is the legacy established in the undulating journey to accomplish our circle as members of the human family. When death occur and what is left is a mere cadaver fit only for the...

OPINION: NIGERIANS  NEED MORE, NOT LESS GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION

Nigerians need more government intervention, not less.  All modern development has been government-driven. Nigerians need their government to regulate and provide for their basic needs, not a deregulated society where greed is hailed as enterprise; the rich get richer...

OPINION: SARAKI AND THE MADE IN NIGERIA DÉFI

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“Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose”- Lyndon  Johnson_ The word ''défi'' in French parlance means ''challenge.'' The distinguished Senate President Bukola Saraki, first threw the challenge last year, by initiating the move to amend...

OPINION: NIGERIANS, AND THE LOVE FOR THE DRAMATIC 

By the time the fool has learned the game, the players have dispersed, and you can beat a fool half to death but you can't beat the foolishness out of him. African Proverb. I have said it countless times that...

OPINION: LOOKING BEYOND THE ARIK STAFF VIOLENT BEATING 

I have suffered countless schedule flight cancellations, lost money in cash and in kind. The cost of flight cancellation may not be quantified in terms of cash alone. Some people may never recover from one single flight cancellation. All...

OPINION: PRESIDENT BUHARI’S STRIDES IN THE YEAR 2016 

The administration of President Muhammadu Buhari completed 19 months in office at the end of December. Except for this period being the end of a year and the beginning of another one, it is not a milestone of spectacular...

OPINION: THOSE BEHIND IBORI’S TRAVAILS AND THEIR REASON

Mr. Simon Kolawole, in “The Welcome Party For Ibori” article (THISDAY newspaper of Sunday December 25, 2016, decried the massive celebrations Chief James Onanefe Ibori’s release from UK jail elicited. He adjudged the celebrations “spontaneous and sincere” but listed...

OPINION: THE ZOO IN ASO ROCK

A Miracle can be described as an illogical occurrence that contradicts prevailing conditions or accepted reality. Nigeria is experiencing harsh times, we are acquainted with the stats. Most recently we are battling with acute cash shortage of the US Dollar...

OPINION: TO MAKE AFRICA GREAT AGAIN BUY MADE IN AFRICA

If nationalism and economic independence across Europe and America do not wake Africa up, what will? Africans were recruited during World Wars to fight in Europe for Freedom. Suddenly, it hit home – what about African freedom! We should...

OPINION: REFLECTION ON IKPEAZU’S BUDGET OF PRUDENCE AND SELF- RELIANCE

There are five elements that constitute a good budget. They are comprehensiveness, knowing your priorities, setting the right goal, staying up to date, among others. These were adequately captured in Governor Okezie Ikpeazu's budget for 2017 which he presented...