Opinion

OPINION: RAMPAGING DESPERADOES FOR NIGERIA’S 2019 PRESIDENCY   

Barely, Seventeen months into the four-year tenure of President  Muhammedu Buhari (PMB) there are vitriolic campaigns in the air.  Regrettably, it is anchored by some members of the political elite club,  stripped of intellectual thoughts or initiatives on how...

OPINION: ELITE POLITICAL CULTURE AND VOTING PATTERNS: ANALYZING THE 2016 ONDO GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION

Introduction In his book Political Culture and Political Development, Lucian Pye distinguishes the developments in democratic political systems using the theory of political culture. He sought to know if there were certain cultures that promote political development and democratic values....

OPINION: STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF MY FATHER 

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I stood on daddy’s shoulders and grew tall enough to see distances unimagined, to scan the horizon and enjoy vistas of a world he dreamt about. My father carried me on a shoulder broad enough to hold me aloft...

OPINION:  THE OTHER SIDE OF TRUMP   

Voting for Donald Trump is like MMM. Many sensible people are doing it  but they won't tell you. The closet racists were not captured in the  opinion polls that's why they failed to reflect the true wishes of the ...

OPINION: BIAFRA: WHAT WENT WRONG?

This piece is intended as a brief excursion into recent history to determine how the post-Civil War Biafran idea came into being; the major characters who translated the idea into an agitation; the impacts of the diverse methods and...

OPINION: KEN SARO-WIWA JNR – UNTIMELY EXIT OF A PATRIOT AND PEACEMAKER

The beep of a text message woke me up on that fateful day. My eyes were still heavy and so I reckoned that I needed a little more sleep. I managed to stand up and loitered around my room...

OPINION: WELCOME PRESIDENT TRUMP

Sometime in 2008, I found myself in Berlin Germany on a scholarship programme. The programme fell within the period of the debate in America on whether or not it was appropriate for the Democratic Party candidate in that election...

OPINION: EDUCATING RENO OMOKRI     

Some years ago, I met a wonderful Nigerian/Canadian man, who was not  only an intellectual but has made a mark as an entrepreneur in Canada.    During one of our many discussions, he expressed delight that his  personal friend, Barack...

OPINION” ELDER ORUBEBE, TRUMP AND OTHER STORIES   

There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full--Henry  A. Kissinger A Professor was traveling from ACCRA to TAMALE in GHANA. And somewhere  between EASTERN REGION and ASHANTI REGION, one of the tyres in the front  wheel...

OPINION: THE TRUE FACE OF AMERICA

Donald Trump is not the face you know about America, so the shock was shared worldwide on his Election. The United States of America you know has not changed but the Government will change. Fortunately, most of the Americans...