Opinion

OPINION: THE NIGER DELTA AND CHALLENGE OF PMB’S DIPLOMACY

The tension and uncertainty in the Niger Delta caused by recent violent attacks against oil installations and facilities in the area by resurgent militancy has created doubts about the diplomacy and peace-making ability of President Muhammadu Buhari. In the...

OPINION: MARK ZUCKERBERG’S GIFT: NIGERIA WILL SHAPE THE WORLD!

On the eve of my birthday, I glued my eyes to the live broadcast of Mark Zuckerberg’s town hall meeting with software developers and entrepreneurs in Lagos. Even though I had other pressing tasks to attend to, I stayed...

OPINION: WHAT IS PRESIDENT BUHARI DOING WITH THE ECONOMY?

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LET me start by asking an important question: who wants to kill racy introspection? There is a cacophony of voices telling the Muhammadu Buhari administration to close its eyes to the past; that given the enormous tasks that lie ahead,...

OPINION: THE MARK ZUCKERBERG VISIT

Mark Zuckerberg’s Two-Day Visit To Nigeria Has Done A Lot For The Country; It Is A Pity No Government Official Or Agency Has Tried To Tap Into The Gains Of That Visit. He Arrived At A Time There Was...

OPINION: NIGERIA’S CURE REMAINS DIVERSIFICATION

A sense of anxiety has gripped the Nigerian economy with concerns elevated over slowing growth as the combination of depressed oil prices and Naira vulnerability weighed heavily on investor sentiment. This has been a rough year for not only...

OPINION: THE REAL MEANING OF CHANGE APC PROMISED NIGERIANS

The word CHANGE means so many things to so many people. According to Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, change means to make or become different. It means to make somebody or something different, to pass from one state to another....

OPINION: NIGERIA STONE AGE MENTALITY ON EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

The human family is located in a changing and unpredictable environment. Unplanned situations makes human social existence a dock and dive situation from man-made or natural disasters, which has become a defining characteristic for the precarious nature of the...

OPINION: ON FOOD SECURITY AND SAFETY OF IDPS

As the Nigeria military continues ongoing mopping up operations against remnants of the Boko Haram in the North eastern part of the country, the safety of the over two million displaced persons, and their nutrition remains uppermost in the...

OPINION: DON’T LOOK UP TO DIASPORA FOR SAVIORS

If Africans at home cannot save themselves, nobody will. We are always looking up to Heaven for manna and saviors instead of looking within us for help. Well, we are now shifting that task to African children in Diaspora....

OPINION: BUHARI’S QUEST FOR EMERGENCY ECONOMIC POWERS

Since Reuters broke the news on August 22 2016 that the government would be seeking for emergency powers to enable it fix the economy, Nigerians have been debating the pros and cons of that yet- to- be confirmed Bill....