Opinion

OPINION: ALI MODU SHERIFF AS PDP CHAIRMAN: A BLESSING OR A CURSE?

The recent confirmation of Senator Ali Modu Sheriff as the new Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has expectedly elicited mixed reactions and divergent views from political actors and observers. In fact, just hours after he was sworn...

OPINION: LADIES REQUIRE LOYALTY FOR LOVE, MEN DEMAND LOYALTY BY RIGHT

Loyalty is an all-inclusive devotion that women require for the protection of families while for honor, men demand loyalty with money, brow or force if necessary. Each wants allegiance and commitment but women are more faithful to their families...

OPINION: WHO IS WINNING OR LOSING THE WAR AGAINST TERRORISM IN NIGERIA?

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President Muhamadu Buhari  has remained consistent about his stance that Nigerian military and by extension his government is winning the war against terrorism by chasing the dreaded terrorist group, Boko Haram, BH, out of all the local government areas...

OPINION: REDEDICATING ABIA TO GOD

At a point in a people's history, they pause, appraise their recent and current activities, identify areas they have erred, pray and renew their commitments to God. Instances abound biblically where devotion to God, and the quality of spiritual life,...

OPINION: AS BOUTROS BOUTROS-GHALI BOWS OUT

Boutros Boutros- Ghali, the sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations (January 1992 to December 1996) has died aged 93. As an Egyptian, many Africans were elated when he became the first ‘African’ to head the United Nations.  When he also...

OPINION: THE GREATEST THREAT TO OUR DEMOCRACY MIGHT BE THE CUSTODIAN

President Muhammadu Buhari is the custodian of Nigeria’s democracy. He may also be the greatest threat facing that nascent democracy. The pillars of democracy are individual freedoms, rule of law, people’s involvement in the decision making process either directly...

OPINION: THE EIGHT MONTHS OF CHANGE ; THE MANY SINS OF PMB

The hypocrisy of man stinks to high heavens! How best can one describe the deafening silence in many quarters that have accompanied the revelations of the several ludicrous allocations in the 2016 budget presented by President Muhammadu Buhari? Many...

OPINION: THE MADE IN NIGERIA CAMPAIGN

There has been renewed talk lately about the need for Nigerians to patronize locally made goods, (someone should have added… and services!). Championed by Senator Ben Murray Bruce, and supported by the Senate President Bukola Saraki, the Minister of...

OPINION: SO, IS EVERY CHIEF A THIEF? (2)

“If you steal, do not steal too much at a time: you may be arrested. Steal little by little.” – Mobutu Sese Seko to Ministers/Party Delegates, 1971. I must apologize for taking so long to write this second part. I took...

OPINION: APPROPRIATION BILL 2016: ZERO BRAINED CONCOCTION?

To save face, it is the case that something or somebody must be blamed whenever something goes awry with a project or policy in a public or corporate sector organization. That explains why, Zero Based Budgeting, ZBB, which is the...