Opinion

OPINION: PHARAOH’S OUTRAGEOUS PAY REINCARNATED IN PANAMA

If Nkrumah woke up to hear Ribadu claim that trillions of dollars have been looted out of Africa and Thabo Mbeki plea on Africans to take action against African Panama looters of billions of dollars in avoided African taxes,...

OPINION: OBY EZEKWESILI VERSUS HALF-BAKED NIGERIAN JOURNALISTS

At J-School Temple University, we were taught Journalism take different forms. Straight news and feature articles in which reporters seek out and present different points of view so readers can weigh the evidence and decide for themselves how they feel....

OPINION: WHO IS REALLY AFTER ROTIMI AMAECHI?

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This question has become pertinent following the 2016 Budget saga and the narratives trending in the media. Why has Rotimi Amaechi suddenly become the centre of the discussion and the scapegoat? In all of this, I have waited patiently...

OPINION: THE SOUND OF VICTORY AGAINST AN ARMY OF LAWBREAKERS

At the start of this week as events unfold itself, as the conversation ensues beyond mythical stick of silence of Nigerians, the thought of President Muhammed Buhari doing this for the soul of Nigeria glides over and over. At...

OPINION: 10 QUESTIONS UNILAG STUDENTS UNION MUST ANSWER – OPEN LETTER TO ULSU EXECUTIVE

Hello guys. It gives me no pleasure to write you; worse, openly. You leave me no choice but to intervene before our little baby, ULSU, is proscribed again. As leaders of today, forget that leaders of tomorrow rubbish, I think it’s time we...

OPINION: IF I WERE BUHARI…

…I would not have traveled to China. Not at this time, no. In fact, I would tell my Chinese hosts today that I must abbreviate my weeklong visit and return immediately to my office in Abuja. I know that some...

OPINION: WHAT IS ON SENATOR SARAKI’S MIND?

Given the overwhelming weight of evidence against Saraki and the excess baggage of cartons of corruption dating back to his days at Societte General Bank, his days as Governor of Kwara State for 8years, his heavy financial deals across...

OPINION: THE NIGERIAN YOUTH: BUILDING COMMUNITY…BECOMING PRODUCTIVE

A KEY NOTE ADDRESS AT THE 75th ANNIVESARY OF THE STUDENT CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT OF NIGERIA HELD AT THE ATRIUM. YAR’ADUA CENTRE, ABUJA ON 8TH APRIL, 2016. INTRODUCTION The importance of youth in the development of any nation cannot be overemphasized. The...

OPINION: OF DSS, SHALLOW GRAVES, SENSATIONALISM AND SECTIONALISM

The recent press release by the Directorate of State Services (DSS), Nigeria’s secret police, to the effect that they discovered some fifty shallow graves, five of which they claimed had some Fulani natives buried in them, is most unfortunate...

OPINION: FUEL CRISIS: THE UNTOLD HARDSHIP OF AN OIL PRODUCING NATION

The lingering case of fuel scarcity is grave and pathetically telling on all Nigerians. Motorists and vehicle owners now practically live at service stations to get fuel at as much as 200 Naira or more per litre.  It is...