Opinion

OPINION: A NEW ERA FOR AFRICAN MEDIA

Enter digital media with tweets, blogs and a plethora of new voices The advent of digital media has turned the media landscape upside down. The news cycle moves at lightning speed, thanks to live tweeting, blogging and citizen journalism, all...

OPINION: YOUTH AND POST CONFLICT PEACE BUILDING IN NIGERIA   

In the past 5 years, Nigeria has been at war with insurgents attempting to take over the North East of the country. In this non-conventional warfare, thousands had been killed and millions displaced. There is no gain saying that...

OPINION: A PLEA FOR IRRELEVANT EDUCATION

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Due to the pressures of popular demand for relevance in education, we have lost sight of the purpose for which true education exists. I would like to make a plea for irrelevant education, one that does not begin with...

OPINION: DONALD TRUMP AND THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY:  BEFORE THE BELL TOLLS

The 1920’s was an extraordinary period for Germans. It was a period of  extreme economic hardship, occasioned, not by a sharp drop in oil prices  as is the case with Nigeria, but as a comeuppance of the First World ...

OPINION: SYLVA VS DICKSON: MATTERS ARISING   

As the Supreme Court of Nigeria prepares to hear and deliver the final  judgement on the disputed Bayelsa State governorship election this  month, there is noticeable tension in the state. The Independent  National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Henry Seriake...

OPINION: NIGERIAN ARMY AND ITS DELIBERATE PERSECUTION   

The Nigerian Army (NA) is facing one of its worse moments in the history  of its existence in the country. It is confronted with the difficult and  unenviable duty of quelling internal insurrections across the country.  Those conversant with...

OPINION: NIGER DELTA: SUCKED LIKE AN ORANGE AND TOSSED  AWAY

The Niger Delta may witness a new dawn  going by last Tuesday’s  meeting between leaders of the Region and President Muhammadu Buhari. It  was all polite; the leaders paid the normal complements and presented a  16-point Agenda that can...

OPINION: WHY I DECIDED TO FIGHT THE CHILD WITCH AND STREET CHILDREN PROBLEM IN AKWA IBOM STATE

Akwa Ibom is a beautiful state that is blessed with large amount of crude oil deposit, good people and good landscape. Good efforts were made by the government from Obong Victor Attah to Barr. Godswill Akpabio to beautify the...

OPINION: VICTOR OCHEI: A PASSION FOR WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL

"The love and support you (Hon. Victor Ochei) have shown to us Special People is unprecedented. You have worked tirelessly towards the development of the Wheelchair Basketball and Special People of Nigeria "- Nigeria Wheelchair Basketball Federation (NWBF)". The 5th...

OPINION: HOW THE NIGERIAN PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI CASHED IN ON THE POLITICAL CAPITAL OF GLOBAL JIHAD   

Some Nigeria’s analysts see Muhammadu Buhari’s emergence as the  “accepted” “saintly tough-guy” Nigerian corruption killer in a  different light from the general make-believe one. These analysts  attribute Buhari’s final success after many failed attempts to become  Nigeria’s democratically-elected president...