Opinion

OPINION: OBIORA UDECHUKWU: HONORING GENIUS, MORAL INTEGRITY

Last Friday, my wife and I traveled from New York City to Canton, upstate New York State, the location of St. Lawrence University. We were fortunate to be invited to take part in a series of events to celebrate...

OPINION: AS NDOMA-EGBA PREPARES TO TAKE UP LEADERSHIP OF NDDC 

“I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second is frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be...

OPINION: BINDOW: TOUCHING LIVES THROUGH SELFLESS GOVERNANCE

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Adamawa State has been one of the few States in Nigeria to withness poor governance after the return of democracy from 1999 to 2015, but the State has withnessed tremendous progress and development in every sector since the coming...

OPINION: CHANGE BEGINS WITH ME AND ALSO WITH YOU!

Change begins with me and also with you and we must earnestly contend for the change that we truly desire in Nigeria. No matter the political divide one belongs to, no nobody can deny the fact that we really...

OPINION: FALEKE: THE GODS ARE NOT CRAZY; THEY ARE ANGRY!

James Abiodun Faleke was destined to be deputy governor of Kogi state. He would have been executing that office today. He is not. Poor Faleke! He has his poor judgment to blame. For now, the best trophy he gets...

OPINION: WHY NIGERIA IS IN RECESSION AND HOW TO GET OUT

There has been strident debate about what caused the present recession of the Nigerian economy. Federal Officials like Lai  Mohammed appear to lean towards blaming the past Administration. But recent events point to some shift in the blame game....

OPINION: AGRICULTURE AS JOKER FOR ENDING BITING RECESSION

By a recent projection, Nigeria’s population by year 2050 would have massed up to 500 million. That could mean nothing less than a certificate of disaster for a nation that depends squarely on importation of food items to feed...

OPINION: TOWARDS A CORRUPT FREE NIGERIA POLICE IN THE 21ST CENTURY

“We have a zero tolerance for payment of money to free suspect. I am appealing to members of the public, not to corrupt my men; it takes two to tango. If they ask you for bribe and you refuse...

OPINION: ISA: A SILENT PRAYER FOR ADAMAWA’S ‘FAMOUS’ PATIENT

Not even the wisest of soothsayers will have predicted the fame and attention Isa Hamman, Adamawa's 'famous' kidney failure patient would have gained within such a short period of time. That's what politics does to people and entities -...

OPINION: OUR FAILINGS AS A PEOPLE

Our political seas are rough. Our economy, experiencing a tsunami. Yet the two leading political parties; the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which are expected to lead us out of a serious...