Opinion

OPINION: WE ARE BAD COPY CATS!

It's now news that Britons have voted that the Queen's country should opt out of the European Union. This was done in consonance with the promise of the conservative party to which the Prime Minister Mr David Cameron belonged....

OPINION: ARMS FRAUD: THE REAL ENEMIES WITHIN

Nigeria is indeed a powerful country. A country where things happen like it's a movie. For a long time, I have watched the revelations from the arms purchase scandal and the role of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission...

OPINION: BRITAIN; EU REFERENDUM AND BIAFRA AGITATION

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June 23rd 2016 will remain a defining moment in world’s political history for the monumental decision of over 48million British voters who thronged the polling booths to democratically decide the future of Great Britain as a member of the...

OPINION: COWARDS: DESTROY LOOTERS NOT POOR FOLKS & INFRASTRUCTURES

The best ways to negotiate salary or contract these days are: become arsonists displacing the poor, fire government or parastatals buildings specifically accounting sections; religious fanatics killing and maiming innocent civilians; militia blowing up bridges, pipes to pollutes and...

OPINION: TO EVERYTHING, ITS PLACE

(Only slightly altered from a 2008 contribution to a symposium at UNESCO, Paris.) The issue, I understand, is the flaunting of religious markers in public educational institutions. Let me begin by confessing that I envy the French to whom those...

OPINION: GOVERNOR GANDUJE’S REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENTS IN HIS FIRST YEAR DESERVE COMMENDATION

As a trained political analyst, you cannot find me praising a particular government easily, I prefer constructive criticism to bring out perceived shortcomings and where to improve, but recently I find some of the criticisms against Governor Abdullahi Umar...

OPINION: DEFEATING INSURGENCY AND BUHARI’S WINNING STRATEGY

The economy is biting hard and there are other things of concern as well. Militants are running riot down south and their activities further undermine the economy. If we think critically and with the benefits of what we see...

OPINION: CORRUPTION: BEFORE THEY INFLICT FURTHER PUNISHMENTS ON US

In many Nigerian cultures, there is this concept that one should grip offenders by the wrist as opposed to holding them by the elbow since they will not be able to easily wriggle free when held by the wrist....

OPINION: APPRAISING ABIA TOWN  HALL MEETINGS

The recent town hall meetings in Abia State afforded both the government and people of Abia State numerous opportunities. There was no better platform to explain the challenges faced by the government than the meeting. A state which federal...

OPINION: THE GAME HAS CHANGED…

“My brother, I think all the people saying they have not seen any change should by now be convinced that truly, truly, the game has changed.” “Football? Euro 2016? Brexit?” “What is wrong with you?” “Or may be you are talking about...