Opinion

OPINION: BUHARI’S CERTIFICATE SAGA, MEDIA TRIALS AND WHAT GOES ROUND

President Muhammadu Buhari’s certificate saga is getting messier by the day. Although a majority of his supporters who are now blaming themselves for imposing this willful and unfortunate reversal of fortunes on Nigeria after declaring in the run up...

OPINION: LETTER TO MY BIAFRAN FRIEND (2)

I was greatly relieved to realize from the tone of your response to my last letter that, in spite of everything, you still regard me as a friend for life! I am particularly happy for the valid issues you...

OPINION: THE WEAPON OF MASS OBSTRUCTION

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It is time to call a spade a spade or, in this instance, name the Nigerian media camera a weapon of mass obstruction. What used to be mere occasional infraction, soon corrected, is fast becoming a Bill of Rights...

OPINION: WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO RETAIN POST-UMTE?

We must of necessity at some point collectively agree to break tradition and the tradition I speak of in this instance is the penchant to place material gains over other life impacting imperatives. In this instance the imperative is...

OPINION: SOCIAL MEDIA SIDE OF MISCHIEF: DR ALIYU CHEWING THE BITTER PILL

The temperament of Nigerians is about to hit an all time high based on coordinated social media generated contents. The product of social media is fashioned by individuals or groups to present information to satisfy their mundane interests. Social...

OPINION: RANDOM MUSINGS ON CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

As the intellectual head of the HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA ) I'm hereby writing on behalf of the nearly 10,000 registered members of the organization that has for almost ten years of registration being actively engaged...

OPINION: BUHARI’S CERTIFICATE: NEED TO RESET NATIONAL DISCOURSE

A PhD took us all to hell. He however didn't bring us back as the popular saying would have expected. Instead he left us there. But this is no issue to those that are eternally bereft of vision. They...

OPINION: THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THE ARCHANGEL

‘I AM’ can mean a lot of different things depending on your perspective. For instance it can show your individuality e.g ‘ I AM Mr X’. Or it can mean a supreme being – God, Allah or whatever you...

OPINION: NAIRA FLOATS: IMF PREVAILS AS PENDING DOOM LOOMS

Here comes the big trouble, for with floating of naira comes massive devaluation, Hyperinflation and higher interest rate. Nigerian government has finally bowed to recommendation by masterly International Monetary Fund (IMF) to devalue naira by allowing the embittered currency to...

OPINION: PAY CUT IN BAYELSA; AN EVIL UNDER THE SUN

It is a faithful saying “that so long as the earth remains seed time and harvest will never cease.” This implies that labour and reward are two constants in any economic equation. This notion is truer in the light...