Opinion

OPINION: CLEANUP FLAG-OFF: PRESIDENT BUHARI’S COMMITMENT TO OGONI FELL SHORT OF EXPECTATIONS

The news of President Muhammadu Buhar's visit to Ogoniland elicited much interests far more than any other presidential visit to the area. Expectations were high and the area was agog for the president's visit.The event was largely seen as...

OPINION: SIXTEEN AMERICAN MASSACRES AND THE DOLLAR

It was the familiar, but unpalatable news from the United States (US) The unfolding horror, was not Hollywood, but an American reality; a gunman is holed up with hostages  whom he is busy eliminating. This was June 12, 2016,...

OPINION: FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF INEQUALITY?

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OPINION: GLOBAL MARKETS IN A STATE OF SHOCK FOLLOWING REFERENDUM OUTCOME 

The financial markets and spectators across the globe are in a complete state of shock following the unexpected outcome to the EU referendum that the UK has voted to leave the European Union. Markets were completely reliant in the...

OPINION: “FORGOTTEN SOLDIERS” AND A TRADITION OF EXPLOITATION

Slavery never ended. It only transmogrified. Instead of the conquering powers sailing in ships for many months to come shackle captives, our media help out in this betrayal – offering themselves up for pittance to engage in the largescale...

OPINION: FAYOSE’S GROWING PSYCHOSIS

Ekiti state governor, Ayodele Fayose has finally surpassed himself in the act of throwing pointless tantrums. His attempt to pass of a suspect mentioned in the Jefferson bribery scandal as the wife of the president, Mrs Aisha Buhari is...

OPINION: FLOATING NAIRA PROJECTED TO LOSE UP ‘70 PERCENT’ OF ITS VALUE

The floated Nigeria’s naira that has been pegged at 197-199 to a dollar lost over 40 percent of its value on the first day of trading. Unofficial reordered statistics on first day of naira outing revealed that naira was...

OPINION: A GOVERNOR AS A WIRE-TAPPER: HOW AN EXECUTIVE PERVERT WRECKED HIS STATE

For a state governor ever vociferous and self-assured – sometimes thoughtlessly so – in the murky terrain of Nigerian politics, Henry Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State could not have had anything short of the awesome high-tech capabilities described in...

OPINION: ON THE N20m OBIANO PLANS TO SPEND IN EACH COMMUNITY

Let it be known to the world that the 20million Naira Gov. Willie Obiano plans to spend in each of the 177 communities in Anambra State is borrowed money. All over the world, people borrow to invest in projects that...

OPINION: HALLIBURTON SCANDAL: BETWEEN GOVERNOR FAYOSE AND AISHA BUHARI

This week has been mired in official scandals. From the purported secret employment by the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) involving some high-ranking government officials, to the president’s academic certificate saga, the alarming freezing of a sitting governor’s account...