Opinion

OPINION: CAMERON’S COMMENTARY:  POLITICAL INCORRECTNESS OR FREUDIAN SLIP?

I just listened to a rather interesting conversation between British Prime Minister, the British Monarch and the Archbishop of Canterbury where Mr. Cameron described Nigeria as one of most fantastically corrupt countries in the world. I consider that statement...

OPINION: NEW PUMP PRICE: NAIJA HOW MARKET?

President Muhammadu Buhari may have irreversible, unapologetic, unrepentant position against treasury looters, but that appears to be what he is very good at and we love him for that. But we also need a president that can balance properly...

OPINION: PHILANDERERS LIKE TRUMP SOILING REPUTABLE WIVES UNFAIRLY

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It is so outrageous for anyone to project the sins of philanderers on their reputable wives. While Nollywood and Hollywood actors or actresses may share sexual indiscretions, scandals and jumbo salaries with politicians, we expect leaders to be thoroughly...

OPINION: PRESIDENT BUHARI, CAMERON AND CORRUPTION

“We have got the leaders of some fantastically corrupt countries coming to Britain… Nigeria and Afghanistan, possibly the two most corrupt countries in the world”, UK Prime Minister David Cameron was caught on tape telling the Queen ahead of...

OPINION: WHO IS THE THIEF?

It's on days like this that I miss the magnetic personality of Fela Anikulapo Kuti. I can see him now, pounding the piano with tunes that will colour the “unforced error” dribbling out of the mouth of the British...

OPINION: I FORESEE FULL BLOWN WAR IN THE NIGER DELTA

Unless senior citizens of the Niger Delta and patriots rise up now to talk sense into the empty heads of the people that call themselves the Avengers and the Concerned Militant Leaders, a full scale war is imminent in...

OPINION: HOW TURKEY BECAME A DE FACTO DICTATORSHIP

The forced resignation of Turkey’s Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu suggests only one thing—President Erdogan, who is totally absorbed by his lust for power, will tolerate no one in his government to deviate from any of his political positions. Prime...

OPINION: THE ANTI-CORRUPTION BLOW BACK IN LONDON

Barely 24 hours to the celebrated Anti-Corruption Summit in London, David Cameron, British prime minister, PM and convener of the event, in a moment of indiscretion, and in the presence of the Queen of England and the Archbishop of...

OPINION: RT. HON. VICTOR OCHEI, THE POLITICAL MOSES OF OUR TIME

If God ever calls me to a holy war, I want Joe Frazier fighting beside me. (Mohamed Ali. Quote) Mohammed Ali must have had Rt. hon. Victor Ochei in mind when he made that quote. Politicians are born they are...

OPINION: BAMBOO: AFRICA’S UNTAPPED POTENTIAL

The new economic force is generating income, creating jobs and protecting the environment It is a “wonder plant” that is uniquely blessed. Agronomists in Africa believe it can restore degraded landscapes while economists think it is a potential “green gold,”...