Opinion

OPINION: FALEKE AND THE ANGST AGAINST THE LAW

Again, the Court of Appeal rose to the occasion to deliver a sound judgement that has been applauded by the legal world. The Court refused to be cowed by the hot-cold mix of empathy seekers who strived to achieve...

OPINION: RECESSION: OLUSEGUN MIMIKO’S PALLIATIVES TO THE RESCUE

It is no longer news that Nigeria’s economy is operating at a recession. With inflation rate currently hovering at a record 16.5, global oil price falling and the effects on Nigerians being real and biting, most governments at all...

OPINION: ‘WHY THE WEST IS BATTLING RUSSIA’

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Reasons why world powers of the Western bloc are battling to bring Russia, to her knees, have crept into the open. Their current crisis with Russia is that she annexed Crimea and altered the geography of Ukraine. But, in an...

OPINION: ANTI-CORRUPTION WAR: NO SACRED COWS

President Muhammadu Buhari made no mistake when he said if we fail to kill corruption, corruption will kill Nigeria. It is not disputable that the hydra -headed monster has done incalculable damage to virtually every facet of our national...

OPINION: BOKO HARAM SURVIVORS AND THE STOCKHOLM SYNDROME

Right now more and more people, hostages, are being rescued from the clutches of the Boko Haram sect. Many of them who were abducted as girls are returning as mothers having had children with their abductors. Unfortunately many of the...

OPINION: TRUTH ABOUT EDO ROADS

Part of my schedule this week was that I wanted to render a blow-by-blow account of the now-famous Oghara debacle with the Nigerian Navy.  But that would have to wait for another day. Reason is that these days, events...

OPINION: MISSING ABUJA BUSINESS WOMAN: STILL MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS (2)

In my first episode, I raised several questions begging for answers over the missing Abuja-based lady, Charity Aiyedogbon. ‘Chacha’, as she is fondly called, was declared missing on social media by her Facebook friends. She is said to have...

OPINION: CHRIS AGBOBU: BETWEEN FALSEHOOD AND STATESMANSHIP

If beggars believe that at a time, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is apologising to Nigerians for ruining the nation, Chief Chris Agbobu of Delta state PDP and a former Minister of Defence has chosen the path of a...

OPINION: PAN-AFRICAN PASSPORT TO OPEN UP BORDERS

The African Union launches a continental passport while Brexit closes doors in Europe The image of Rwandan President Paul Kagame and Chadian President Idriss Deby proudly holding the first two copies of the newly launched pan-African passport at the African...

OPINION: BUDGET PADDING: JIBRIN AND THE ENDLESS LIES

The heat is on and everyone is fighting to secure their office, power and money. Abdulmumin Jibrin, former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation has been crying wolf since being relieved of his position. In other...