Opinion

OPINION: NBA GOT IT WRONG, I STAND WITH THE DSS

"Nigerians condemn NBA's threat over judges' arrest" _Premium Times_‎; "Buhari's DSS boys go crazy - Arrest over four top judges in Abuja" _Punch Newspaper_; "Dino Melaye blasts DSS over arrest of judges" _Daily Post_ "DSS gestapo invasion of judges'...

OPINION: “CRACKDOWN” ON JUDICIAL OFFICERS – SEPARATING THE LAW FROM SENTIMENTS

The State Security Service (SSS) embarked on an unprecedented "crackdown" on allegedly corrupt judicial officers across the country over the weekend. Among the judicial officers whose houses were searched and thereafter arrested and detained are two Justices of the...

OPINION: LEGALISE INDIGENOUS CRUDE OIL REFINING, STOP CRIMINALISING IT

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OPINION: THE ALLEGED TINUBU CRISIS AND THE YORUBA WAY FORWARD

A lot has been said (mainly by people within the PDP) emphasizing the supposed cracks between the Presidency and the most influential political figure from the South West of Nigeria in the person of Bola Tinubu. The narratives seems to...

OPINION: EMBRACING CIVIL WAR: THE ILLOGICAL OPTION IN COLOMBIA

There are communities who allegedly rejoice at the prospect of war. In Nigeria, the Ijesha people in the Western part are said to be one of such. But generally, nobody or group rejoice in fighting wars unless there are...

OPINION: THE BUHARI LEGACY PROJECT

President Muhammadu Buhari’s strategists, if they are at work at all, are chasing ants and ignoring the elephant in the room. They do him great disservice. Their oversight is hubristically determined either by incapacity or a vendetta-induced distraction. It...

OPINION: ONSLAUGHT ON THE JUDICIARY: BUHARI’S DICTATORIAL RECIDIVISM

The full scale midnight assault on the residences of justices of the high court, court of appeal and Supreme Court marked an alarming new low in Nigeria's history and a rapid descent into dictatorship of former military strongman-turned elected...

OPINION: HOW NOT TO BE NSA

Unfortunately there is no body of document that one can resort to in defining what the tasks of a National Security Adviser (NSA) are. The job description is agreed to be what the incumbent Commander-in-Chief says it is. The...

OPINION: STILL ON LAURETTA ONOCHIE’S “DEJI ADEYANJU, A PRODUCT OF POMP AND…” WHAT?

I usually do not read the output of what I consider any writer’s figment of imagination rather than on facts. But this one by Lauretta Onochie caught my eyes not because she is the latest needless burden on our...

OPINION: THE LIES, INACCURACIES AND REPETITIONS OF PROMISES IN PRESIDENT BUHARI’S BROADCAST

President Muhammadu Buhari has come under severe criticism in recent time concerning his speeches. It could be recalled that last month, President Buhari was accused of plagiarizing President Obama speech while launching the “Change Begins with me campaign”. Consequent...