Opinion

OPINION: RESUSCITATING AKWA SAVINGS AND LOANS LTD

The story of Akwa Savings and Loans Limited is likened to a healthy child who after eating poisoned food, relapsed into coma and was taken to an intensive health care unit only to be revived by a team of...

OPINION: JCI, NHRC REPORTS: WHAT IS FG WAITING FOR?

‘Save Zakzaky’s Life Group of Nigeria’, the new creation of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) has threatened to overwhelm Abuja, the nation’s capital with protests if their leader, Mr Ibraheem El-Zakyzaky is not released from the custody. National...

OPINION: WHY ARE NIGERIANS BEGGING OKONJO-IWEALA TO HELP BUHARI?

Ask ZiVA 728x90 Ads
It is no longer news that we are in a recession. Nigerians are groaning under the weight of a dying economy. Food and commodity prices have skyrocketed; some have more than doubled their original prices. Commodity prices are appalling! I...

OPINION: WHEN POT CALLS KETTLE BLACK

The reasons for our present economic predicament are not far- fetched. They are deep-seated and widespread corruption, mismanagement and waste of the past, especially, the last 15 years of political party rule and inability of the nation to diversify...

OPINION: TO MAZI OKEOSISI MY BIAFRAN FRIEND!

What a coincidence! And, what a surprise! Your letter got to me on October 1! That was a pleasant coincidence. Then, you congratulated and prayed for the continued survival Nigeria as one entity. That was a huge surprise and...

OPINION: ON CHIBOK GIRLS, BUHARI MEANS WELL

One important takeaway amongst others from Nigeria’s recent outing at the 71st General Assembly meeting of the United Nations last week, is that in all that he has been doing, notably in the area of securing the freedom of...

OPINION: IS AUGUSTINE ALLEGEH GUILTY AS CHARGED?

As a concerned Civil Society activist, I was passionately worried and alarmed by and  about a story making the rounds in some social and online media platforms on some allegations of theft of fund belonging to Nigeria’s largest Private...

OPINION: UNDER BUHARI, NIGERIA’S FOREIGN RELATIONS BLOSSOMS

On assumption of office, the president undertook some foreign trips both within and outside Africa to re-establish Nigeria’s position in the global arena and solicit support for Nigeria and Africa. Of course, Nigeria as the most populous black nation...

OPINION: NIGERIA IS STILL FOR SALE

Whenever I look back at the last thirty years of selling our national assets and privatization, I see a litany of lies, cathedrals of falsehood, labyrinths of trickery, monuments of treachery, systematic asset-stripping and serial deception. This infamous heritage has...

OPINION: AISHA BUHARI AND THE WELFARE OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN NIGERIA

“Our children are our future. Education of our children is the best way to secure the future of our country” - Aisha Muhammadu Buhari “Volunteerism is selfless service to humanity, service above self, giving the best one can in terms...