Opinion

OPINION: WHO STOLE PDP’S THINKING CAP?

When many thought the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is ticking the right boxes for 2019, the party leadership came up with something unique. There appear to be a drama series which never in want of Acts and Scenes with...

OPINION: COULD THIS BE THE END OF TOMPOLO

One person of interest, an Aso-empowered brigandage, Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo, a former militant leader, like a wounded telltale, has been in the dock of public opinion for acts bothering on corruption, fraud, money laundering and sabotage on the...

OPINION: OGONICIDE: INCREASING ORGAN FAILURES THREATEN OGONI POPULATION

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Shell and the Nigerian government having failed in the use of military force, particularly under General Sani Abacha, to exterminate our people and silence every voice that speaks for human rights and demand justice for environmental degradation seem to...

OPINION: WHY NIGERIA NEEDS A REBOOT

Is the country better off today as it was eight, nine months ago when a well respected, self-disciplined and fearless man in the name of Muhammadu Buhari, walked into the Aso Villa and vowed to work tirelessly for his...

OPINION: DEVELOPMENT PLANNING AND PROJECT CONTINUITY BILL, 2011: A MIXTURE OF ENDURING LEGACIES AND EXCELLENT PROMISES

All over the world, government is a continuum. Ideally, once the baton of leadership of a nation is handed over to a new government, the onus lie on the regime to embrace the projects, policies and programmes of the...

OPINION: OLAJUMOKE ORISAGUNA: THE NIGERIAN CINDERELLA

About three weeks ago, 27-year old Olajumoke Orisaguna was a complete unknown on the streets of Lagos, hawking bread. A loaf of bread is about N100, and even with a full tray such as she carried in her first...

OPINION: OF DINO MELAYE’S RASCALITY AND THE POLITY

Listening to Senator Dino Melaye’s blanket indictment over the Abuja Light Rail Project, one would be forgiven for concluding that the Kogi born politician is the best saint since Nigerians discovered the gospel of anti-corruption fight. Only that Senator...

OPINION: THE DEMISE OF NAIRA – FOUNDATION BUILT ON SHIFTING SAND

“… Likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of...

OPINION: IDENTITY CRISIS AMONG AFRICANS

In this jet age, it is difficult to tell who an African is, the standards that define an African are uneasy to define, as foreign cultures, languages, and philosophies have strongly influenced us to the extent that majority of...

OPINION: ORYA’S NEXIM AND THE END OF AN ERA

There is a Yoruba adage to the effect that the world licks your hand when it is coated with honey but will never lick the same hand when itis dripping blood. It has been only a few days –...