Opinion

OPINION: ON THE APPROVED 2016 HAJJ AIR SERVICE PROVIDERS

Three airline companies will be responsible for the airlifting of Nigerian pilgrims to and from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during the 2016 Hajj exercise. They are two Nigerian companies: Med-view and Max Air in addition to a Saudi...

OPINION: RESTRUCTURING AND ITS MISCONCEPTION

I don’t understand the cause of the misconception about former Vice President Atiku Abuabakar’s call for restructuring. Could it be just politicking or lack of understanding? He clearly said let the power at the centre be reduced so that...

OPINION: WHY CIVIL SERVANTS AREN’T FARMERS 

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Some parts of Nigeria are currently being used as experimental grounds by their home governments for the unprecedented conversion of the Civil Servants in the employment of these States into what we might term “guinea pigs” for farming duties. ...

OPINION: OSIBANJO AND THE ROLE OF INTELLECTUALS IN POLITICS

How has Vice President Yemi Osibanjo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and former Professor of Law at the University of Lagos fared as an intellectual in politics? The role of intellectuals in politics is often a controversial one.  Do...

OPINION: WHY NIGERIA SHOULD CONSIDER RESTRUCTURING

Recently, when a call was made for restructuring of the country by former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, the nation was split among those for and against. This is natural and actually shows that we are in a democratic milieu. The...

OPINION: NDOMA-EGBA’S NOMINATION AS NDDC CHAIRMAN

Former Senate Leader, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, was recently nominated for appointment as the Chairman of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC by President Muhammadu Buhari.  His name was penultimate Wednesday forwarded to the Senate...

OPINION: THE AFGHANISTAN QUAGMIRE: TIME FOR AN EXIT STRATEGY

Two weeks ago, President Obama announced that the US will draw down its troops in Afghanistan from 9,800 to 8,400, altering his original plan to reduce the number to 5,500. His decision suggests that conditions on the ground are...

OPINION: KILLING CORRUPTION WITH PEOPLE, POWER AND TECHNOLOGY IN NIGERIA

A farmer who was extorted by govt officials over land matters in northern India was so aggrieved and wanted to take his pound of flesh , so he dumped a bag of 40 snakes into the offices of the...

OPINION: PUTTING NON-POLITICIANS IN POLITICAL POSITIONS IS DANGEROUS – THE CASE OF MR. BUHARI AND MR. TRUMP

Not many people would argue that engineers are very smart people or that medical doctors are also very brilliant. But would you hire an engineer to take care of your heart condition? Would you hire an anesthesiologist to build...

OPINION: ONE YEAR AND BURATAI SHINES EVEN MORE

“…the General is the safeguard of the state. If the safeguard is complete, the state is surely strong.  If the safeguard is flawed, the state is surely weak... He looks upon the troops as his children.Thus they can venture...