Opinion

OPINION: NIGERIA: A COUNTRY WITH DOCTORATE IN DOCTORED DOCUMENTS

The change mantra wielded by the All Progressive Congress (APC) led government is a welcome development. It has overwhelming support of Nigerians who have been robbed of their commonwealth by a few greedy individuals. It is however instructive to...

OPINION: THE DISTINGUISHED MOLE(S) IN THE 8TH SENATE

Without any doubt, the events of last week in the Nigerian Senate which led to the altercation between Senator Oluremi Tinubu of Lagos Central Senatorial District and her colleague, Senator Dino Melaye of Kogi West senatorial District as well...

OPINION: SARAKI, DOGARA ET AL: WHAT A CAST!

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In its haste to stop Chief MKO Abiola from claiming his crown, the military administration of President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida came up with spurious, often contradictory, excuses for voiding the June 12, 1993 election. Those who voted against Chief ...

OPINION: VICTOR UMEH: A DOGGED FIGHTER AT 54

Former national chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Victor Umeh, will be 54 years old on Tuesday, July 19, 2016. Umeh, an estate surveyor by profession is an astute politician that can be said to have made significant...

OPINION: THE LOOMING SCENT OF ANARCHY IN ABIA

Since June 27, when the Federal Court of Appeal Abuja, presided over by Justice Okon Abang declared Uche Ogah the governor of Abia state and ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to issue him with a certificate of...

OPINION: EXTREMISM: RETURN OF ASPIRING TERRORISTS

A few lone voices named the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) Shiite Sect as part of the anti-Yusuf Tukur Buratai gang which  has changed even though it remained simple. The intention has however not changed: Buratai is their enemy...

OPINION: THE NORTH IS NOT HELPING THE NORTH DESPITE BUHARI

Let me start this week's admonition in this manner. If everyone thought as much as I did about justice and fairness, life would be better. I am a critic, but I am also the critics' critic, the unrepentant believer that...

OPINION: HADIZA BALA USMAN AND THE NIGERIAN MENTALITY

When ThisDay newspaper on July 12,2016 broke the news of Hadiza Bala Usman, then chief of staff to Governor Nasir El-Rufai being considered by President Buhari to head the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) based on the recommendation of Rotimi...

OPINION: MY RESPONSE TO MEDIA REPORTS ABOUT EFCC SUMMONS – DOYIN OKUPE, EXPLAINS MONIES RECEIVED FROM JONATHAN

I am constrained to issue this statement in response to certain publications contained in some National dailies about my recent summons by the Economic and Financial Crimes commission, EFCC In my interactions with the EFCC, I have been asked to...

OPINION: UK FOREIGN MINISTER – BORIS JOHNSON REFERRED TO AFRICANS AS “WATERMELON SMILES”

Boris Johnson is an embodiment of a colonial nostalgia. The blond red-faced bombastic rabble rouser is back again on the international news-scene. I am talking about Boris Johnson, the former mayor of London, who aspired to become UK prime minister...