Opinion

OPINION: THE STRUGGLE FOR BRAZIL

There is an on-going struggle for the soul of Brazil, the world’s fifth largest country which has become a model of how to rescue millions from abject poverty. The battles may well turn bloody because it is not strictly...

OPINION: PROCUREMENT ACT AMENDMENT: A BEACON OF HOPE FOR NIGERIAN LOCAL BUSINESSES

As the Nigerian economy continues to groan, begging for rescue from all and sundry, the 8th National Assembly cannot be said irresponsive in view of its legislative leaps targeted at revamping the ailing economy through legislations that stand on...

OPINION: CRISIS IN NIGERIA’S OIL AND GAS SECTOR: A NATION IN SEARCH OF MAGICIANS

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To state that the oil and gas sector in Nigeria has been in a crisis state for a very long time would be a gross understatement. Since the inception of commercial oil and gas exploration and production in Nigeria...

OPINION: PRESIDENT BUHARI AND THE HOPE OF OGONI RESTORATION

Three squalid and undesirable experiences of the Ogoni have forced down the sunset. The first is the entry of Shell into Ogoni in 1958. The second is the death of Ogoni's first university graduate and a federal legislator, Hon....

OPINION: OKONJO AND THE POLITICS OF POLITICAL WILL

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has had a distinguished public career. Twice finance minister and economic tsar, as the coordinating minister of the economy in her last iteration, she has hands on experience of the country’s financials. That can’t be denied her....

OPINION: WHO GOVERNS NIGERIA?

During the Jonathan administration, an outspoken opposition spokesperson had argued that Nigeria was on auto-pilot, a phrase that was gleefully even if ignorantly echoed by an excitable opposition crowd. Deeper reflection should have made it clear even to the...

OPINION: IS THE NASS READY FOR CHANGE?

"Without controversy, there is no change, and without change there is no progress" - Anonymous Throughout history, change has remained a permanent feature in the affairs of men/women and nations. Change is the reason mankind has advanced in various areas...

OPINION: THAT CNN’S VIDEO OF CHIBOK GIRLS

International broadcaster, CNN certainly wowed its global audience with the video it exclusively obtained of Nigeria’s abducted schoolgirls that were abducted my Boko Haram terrorists on April 14, 2014 to the consternation of the entire world. As would be...

OPINION: FEMI ARIBISALA: TIME TO RECOVER FROM A TRAUMA!

It is now over a year since Nigerians made history proving to the world again that peaceful transition was, in fact, possible in Africa. The election having been won and lost, it appears that some people still feels the...

OPINION: MEN CHASE LADIES BEFORE ROMANCE LADIES CHASE MEN AFTER

If a lady wants a man she fancies, she displays behavior typical of all animals in the kingdom to get noticed. Once she is sure that the attention is secured, she plays hard to get. She expects him to...