Opinion

OPINION: ECONOMIC MISMANAGEMENT AND A BAG OF RICE     

Much as I appreciate what the media has done by publicising the speech   delivered by Dr Oby Ezekwesili at the Inaugural Business Lecture of the   Lagos Country Club, I am still not quite certain about what that speech   hoped...

OPINION: TINUBU AND THE ‘RATIONAL CALCULUS OF WAR’

Several of the ideas that flow from On War, the unfinished masterpiece of the 19th century Prussian general, Carl von Clausewitz, remain relevant today and could be applied in the analysis of any return on investment model (ROI). One...

OPINION: ONDO POLICE PROTEST: TREASURY SINGLE ACCOUNT IN ACTION

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Many online and regular media headline on Monday, November 28th, 2016 was “Breaking News: Policemen on rampage in Ondo”. Immediately I saw this, I knew some aggrieved politicians who lost the election in Ondo State Governorship election that was conducted...

OPINION: A SUCCESSOR OR ALTERNATIVE TO PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI IN 2019

I know there are many who do not want to discuss replacing Muhammadu Buhari as Nigeria's President come 2019 because of several reasons which may either be emotional or pragmatic. They see President Buhari as the one who can...

OPINION: WEANING THE CHILDREN OF VIOLENCE

Violence rampages large parts of Nigeria and most of Africa. Generations are born into violence who grow from innocence to stoking its wild fires. A cross section of people including diplomats, intellectuals, journalists, retired generals and representatives of the...

OPINION: CRUDE IMPORTATION FROM NIGER WITH LOVE     

There is no doubt the President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) led   administration is on a uphill mission against militants who are taking   down oil installations in the oil rich South-south. Production and sales   volume of crude production has dived to...

OPINION: GEN. BURATAI: HEARTY CHEERS FOR THE HERO OF HEROES     

November 27th 2016 was a special day in the life of an emancipator.   Fifty-six years in the life of a soldier who is still waxing stronger and scoring the shots in the war front in the active service of...

OPINION: HOW SECULARISM WILL BENEFIT ZIMBABWEANS     

Zimbabwe stands to gain a lot from the spread of secular values in the   country because faith groups are taking advantage of the dire economic   situation to further exploit the people and undermine their potentials.   And this has to...

OPINION: BEFORE THE MARRAKECH ACCORD: WHY WERE WE SILENT?

In the days before the Climate Change Conference COPP 22, lovers of our home the earth went to town soliciting support for a 50% plan for mother earth.  According to one of them Ian Keith of the Avaaz group,...

OPINION: GEN. BURATAI: HEARTY CHEERS FOR THE HERO OF HEROES     

November 27th 2016 was a special day in the life of an emancipator. Fifty-six years in the life of a soldier who is still waxing stronger   and scoring the shots in the war front in the active service of his  ...