Opinion

OPINION: NIGER DELTA PEOPLE, FLOW INTO A COMMON RIVER

The people of the Niger Delta are “one people from the same tree” This is a basic fact, but it assumes far greater significance when this open secret is revealed by HRH Omoba Godfrey Ikenwoli Emiko, the Olu of...

OPINION: NIGERIA’S MISMANAGEMENT OF NAIRA AND STRUCTURAL LIQUIDITY: WHAT HAPPENED TO 1KOBO, 5K, 25K, N1, N5?

The most effective indicator for measuring and evaluating the state of a country’s economy apart from GDP is the currency of a nation. Most countries of the world keep their foreign exchange reserve in dollar. United States dollar is...

DEAR YUSUF BUHARI, SEE WHAT YOUR FATHER’S GOVERNMENT HAS DELIVERED #9MONTHSAFTER

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OPINION: WHAT MANNER OF MAN IS T.B. JOSHUA?

This man is simply an enigma wrapped in mystery. Temitope Balogun Francis Joshua means different things to different people. Some see him as an angel of light and to others; he is a servant of Lucifer. But one thing...

OPINION: SHOULD THIS SENATE STILL BE RETAINED?

As Senator John Owan Enoh read from the 37-page report that Wednesday morning on February 24, the question above repeatedly came to my mind. At a point, I looked at the fellows sitting beside me in the Public...

OPINION: MILITARY INVASION OF OGONILAND: MATTERS ARISING

Last week's invasion of Ogoni which saw the untimely death of an estimated 42 persons is an indication of the crude and brutal Nigerian military and underscores the need for a re-orientation of our armed forces. It highlights the...

OPINION: ILLEGAL STAMP DUTIES ON BANK DEPOSITS AND UNLAWFUL INCREASE IN PERSONAL TAXATION RATES

I absolutely agree with those that claim that the Central Bank of Nigeria directive that banks should deduct N50 from every deposit of over N1, 000 made into certain accounts is illegal and unconstitutional. The Stamp Duties Act...

OPINION: COL. CONRAD NWAWO: ANOTHER PIECE OF HISTORY DIES (PART ONE)

I got to Col. Conrad Nwawo (he was Brigadier-General in the Biafran Army) very late; just for about the last four or five years of his 94 years long journey on this God’s earth. I wish I had started...

OPINION: ECONOMIC HARDSHIP: TIME TO PUT NASENI TO GOOD USE

All right thinking and patriotic Nigerians that have weighed in on the current economic realities have consensus on one issue: that this is the best opportunity we have of breaking free of the vicious circle of a consumption heavy...

OPINION: PRESIDENT OBAMA SHOULD PLACE A HUGE BET ON REPLACING JUSTICE SCALIA

The US constitution demands that the President should nominate the justices of the Supreme Court. The sitting president at the time of Justice Scalia’s death is President Barack Obama. He shall bet the family farm on the replacement and...