Opinion

OPINION: FAYOSE AND THOSE LED BY THEIR STOMACHS

Since he was elected in 2014, the Ekiti state Governor, Mr. Ayo Fayose, has always been in the news, often for wrong reasons. If he is not defending election rigging, he is justifying his poor performance as chief executive....

OPINION: THE BANANA PEELS OF THE GAMBIA

The challenge in the Gambia is a simple one. But it can be made   complicated depending on the choices we  want to make. It is a straight   forward story. On December 1, 2016, elections were held in Gambia in  ...

OPINION: MOST FOREIGN AWARDS ARE BRIBES TO DRAIN AFRICANS ECONOMY

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So every country manipulates their currencies either by easing and tightening interest rates or using stimulus to boast the market. Regulators have fined some of the financial institutions engineering bank and exchange rates. Both European and American regulators have...

OPINION: NIGERIANS, FOREIGN PRODUCTS INSANITY AND FAKE FOOD HULLABALOO  

I am calling on the Nigerian Government to declare a day of National DETOXIFICATION from all the poisonous products Nigerians have been eating and drinking for so many years now. Then start a National Sensitization campaign to educate Nigerians...

OPINION: IBORI AND THE OBNOXIOUS BRITISH LEGAL SYSTEM: WHAT MANNER OF JUSTICE?

A lot has been written and broadcast about what can be termed the James Ibori Odyssey but most of what is in the public domain are more of fiction than facts simply because, often times with all due respect,...

OPINION: AS 2017 BECKONS…

The year 2016 ended on a bang for Buhari after a sluggish and uninspiring start for the government. The news that Nigerian soldiers had flushed out Boko Haram elements from their stronghold in the Sambisa forest was probably the...

OPINION: HOW BUHARI’S GOVERNMENT IS WEAPONIZING HUNGER     

When Feyisayo, a 36-year old trader and a single mother of three left   her home in Imeri, a village in Ose local council area of Ondo State, to   cast her ballot in the recently conducted governorship election in the  ...

OPINION: CONSTITUENCY PROJECT: LAGOS STATE AS A CASE STUDY     

ON THE 8TH DAY OF DECEMBER 2016, THE SENATE OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF   NIGERIA PASSED FOR 2ND READING A BILL FOR AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE   CONSTITUENCY PROJECT IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET OF THE FEDERATION AND FOR...

OPINION: GARBA SHEHU AND THAT MTN’S CHRISTMAS GREETINGS OF ERRORS AND HYPOCRISY

On 25th December, Christmas day, when all people of peace and goodwill all over the world whose humanity has transcended religious barrier in a world savagely afflicted by religious extremism were wishing their Christian citizens, friends and customers a...

OPINION: NASS REJECTION OF MAGU: A CASE OF CORRUPTION FIGHTING BACK?

The confirmation of Ibrahim Magu as the substantive Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) suffered another debilitating blow with the eventual rejection of his nomination by the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Magu was appointed...