Opinion

OPINION: DRONES: KEEPING A WATCHFUL EYE ON AFRICA

Operated either autonomously based on a pre-programmed flight plan or by remote control, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), popularly known as drones, are now being deployed in Africa for a variety of missions. Mostly found in military and special operation applications,...

OPINION: IS BURATAI ABOVE THE LAW?

Since the story linking the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai and family to a Dubai property worth 4.2 billion naira was broken by citizen journalist Sahara reporters, the tempo with which the anti-graft war is being...

OPINION: BANKING ON ALERT

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OPINION: THE PONTIFICATION OF ST BURATAI

Nigeria has an abundance of everything. Not just crude oil, solid minerals and agro-produce. Just watch the street corners and newsstands after a match and you realise this is a country with as many football coaches and technical advisers...

OPINION: PRESIDENT BUHARI SHARPENS FOCUS ON NIGER DELTA

OUT OF THE BLUE, a group calling itself the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA sprouts. They kill soldiers and policemen. They kidnap and kill oil company workers. Piracy on the high seas. They asked oil companies to stop operations and...

OPINION: FORGING AHEAD TO OUR ORIGINS

There is no Nigerian I know who is happy with the country’s state of affairs. Every group or nationality complains of marginalization. Sometimes, the marginalization beat gets so loud that you will think the drum is about to burst. There...

OPINION: PRESIDENT BUHARI OR IMF – WHO HAS BETTER POLICY ON NAIRA‘S ELASTICITY

The currency of a nation is a vanguard bulwark and safeguard to the wealth of a nation. Nigeria’s naira holds the intrinsic and inclusive value to country’s GDP and wellbeing. A deteriorated and weaken naira invites aggressive currency speculators...

OPINION: THE ABIA GOVERNORSHIP CRISIS AND INVITATION TO ANARCHY

When evil men plot, good men must plan. When evil men burn and bomb, good men must build and bind. When evil men shout ugly words of hatred, good men must commit themselves to the glories of love. Where...

OPINION: THOUGHTS ON THE NIGERIAN BURATAI SAVINGS SCHEME

In practically all fields of human endeavor in Nigeria, if you cast a lot, the odds are that it would fall on a retired thief, an active thief, or an aspiring thief. That is, every recruitment shortlist is likely to...

OPINION: ALL APPOINTED NIGERIAN SECURITY CHIEFS MINUS TWO ARE FROM THE NORTH: HOW COME? WHY?

Presently, all the security chiefs of the Armed Forces of The Federal Republic of Nigeria, minus two and all the heads of all the paramilitary agencies in Nigeria, are from the Northern part of Nigeria; and they are so...