Opinion

OPINION: SAY NO TO GLOBAL TERROR

Terrorism is doubtless one of civilization's worst enemies and today the whole world except a few rogue nations which former US President George Bush labeled as the axes of evil live in absolute dread. Today we are up against...

OPINION: ROLLING INTO 2017  NIGERIA  ‘STYLEE’

I have spent years studying governance in Nigeria and  reached the   conclusion  that even if I spend the next century, I will remain   unschooled.  I have many teachers, but my favourite is 54-year old   Rochas Anayo Okorocha the charismatic...

OPINION: WHY IBORI’S RELEASE WAS CELEBRATED

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Mr. Simon Kolawole’s “The Welcome Party for Ibori”(THISDAY Sunday 25th December 2016), broached several topics and reached several wrong conclusions as he condemned the widespread celebrations when Ibori exited UK jail. I’ll face the ex-convict case now and tackle...

OPINION: YEAR 2017: MY WISH LIST, PRESIDENT BUHARI’S BUCKET LIST     

The administration of president Muhammadu Buhari may have staggered   several times against the tempestuous waves in a journey to direct   Nigeria towards a path of social, economic and political change, his   resilience against the hydra headed monster of corruption...

OPINION: CURFEW IN SOUTHERN KADUNA: A CHALLENGE TO BE STEADFAST

Witnessing life in Kafanchan and other areas of Southern Kaduna these past few weeks has been particularly difficult, infuriating and heartbreaking. Today marks about two weeks of curfew during which people have been “imprisoned” and caged in their homes...

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

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,...