Opinion

OPINION: PATH TO BIAFRAN SOLUTION

It is obvious today that, the forces of might may never crush the Biafra agitation. It is an agitation that has come to stay until when the fundamental issues that has given rise to their demands are attended to,...

OPINION: EDO 2016: OF AFEMAILAND , ITS POLITICS AND LEGACIES

A video emerged last week where a dispassionate President Obama was telling the Black Community that it will be a "Personal Insult" to himself and Michelle if blacks don’t come out in their numbers to vote Hillary Clinton. His...

OPINION: UNLEARNING: THE TOP SECRET TO BEING SUCCESSFUL

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OPINION: ENUGU-ONITSHA EXPRESSWAY: SHAME OF A NATION

A key part of my work as a development communicator involves travelling. Some of my friends who know about this equate travelling with ‘enjoyment’. They tell me that I have to travel for free, spend nights in cozy hotels...

OPINION: BOKO HARAM: LAST GASP OF A SAVAGE GROUP!

With isolated attacks here and there, the killer group, Boko Haram, is still to be crushed. But, there is no doubting the fact that the capacity of the bandits to cause massive havoc has been checked. In a way,...

OPINION: NDOMA-EGBA: THE BIBLICAL JOSEPH OF CROSS RIVER

Once upon a time, was a State, the State was a family. There was peace and harmony in this political family as it was devoid of opposition, in-fighting and rancor. The political stability that pervaded the land then was...

OPINION: DEAR SULTAN, FULANI HERDSMEN ARE NOT FOREIGN TERRORISTS

At the advent of renewed mindless attacks by Fulani herdsmen on fellow Nigerians with the height of it all coming in Agatu and Enugu where, as usual, hundreds of innocent and defenceless citizens were mowed down in cold blood,...

OPINION: REVOLVING DOORS: MAY IN, OBAMA, KI-MOON EXIT

The United Nations (UN) was established as a permanent body. Indeed, it has “permanent members” In reality, it is a revolving door that leads to a talk shop with mainly declarations and very little action. Nothing better typifies what...

OPINION: THE INTEREST RATE LEVEL AND ITS EFFECT ON THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY

One of the four disastrous policies that gave rise to Nigeria’s recession was discontinued by the Nigerian CBN about two months ago. Those four policies were (a) the policy of currency controls started in December 2014 (b) high interest...

OPINION: WHY US MUST SUPPORT OKONJO-IWEALA FOR WORLD BANK PRESIDENCY

In 2012, when former Nigerian Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. (Mrs) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala signified her intention to run for the World Bank presidency, there was a quake – she was endorsed by a majority...