Opinion

OPINION: TRUMP’S DAUNTING FOREIGN CHALLENGES

If nothing else, the 2016 elections have once again reaffirmed America’s solid democratic system. Without any major incidents, tens of millions of Americans went to polling stations across the land, voted for the candidate of their choice, and readied...

OPINION: LESSONS FROM THE 2016 US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

It certainly came as a surprise to many people. Though all national polls in the USA indicated that the race was tightening in the run-up to the elections, almost all indicated a Hilary Clinton win. With 279 Electoral College...

OPINION: SARAKI: FOND MEMORIES OF A KINGMAKER!   

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There was no ignoring the late Dr. Abubakar Sola Saraki. Those who loved  him did so unquestioningly. These were those who saw the senate leader  in the second republic as the man of all moments and a man who...

OPINION: ISSUES WITH NORTH-EAST AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

As part of measures to restructure the north east region, the Senate recently passed the North-East Development Commission (NEDC) Bill into law. The bill empowers the federal government to set up an independent commission to fast-track the rehabilitation and...

OPINION: RE: BUHARI, JONATHAN AND A REDEFINITION OF CHANGE

Its apparent Mr Reno Omokri, former aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, is desperate to rewrite Nigeria's years of official infamy under his boss in embossed lies of performance and service delivery even as he struggled to glorify the...

OPINION: GREAT STRIDES OF DAMBAZAU IN ONE YEAR

''Great men are meteors that burn so that the earth may be lighted''-- Napoleon Bonaparte Some years ago, one of the presenters of the BBC's 'Heart and Soul' programme sought to know whether geniuses are born or made? While not...

OPINION: AS OBAMA MEETS TRUMP   

That Donald Trump has emerged the winner of the historic United States Presidential election is stale news. The news is that come Thursday November 10th 2016 incumbent President  MR. BARACK OBAMA will meet his soon to be successor to the Oval office ...

OPINION: WHEN CHURCH LEADERS STEP OUT OF LINE   

In writing this article I’ve been advised to tread carefully so I do  not tread on the toes of certain powerful ‘Men 0f God’. Naturally I  would be scared of a true ‘Man of God’ but not a charlatan.   ...

OPINION: PEACE ELUDES THE WORLD’S NEWEST NATION 

On the eve of the fifth anniversary of South Sudan’s independence on 9 July, sporadic gunfire rent the air in Juba, the capital city. What many assumed was a celebration of the world’s newest nation’s fifth anniversary turned out to...

OPINION: A MORTGAGE OPPORTUNITY FOR AFFORDABLE HOMES

Housing is one of the best indicators of a person’s standard of living and his place in the society. Like food and clothing, housing ranks among the three basic human needs. Its availability is very crucial to the welfare of...