Opinion

‎OPINION: ECOWAS PARLIAMENT AS EKWEREMADU EXITS AMID ACCOLADES

Where will the current Nigerian political players and leaders be in 60 years from now? Not even the writer of this piece will likely still be around then. Interestingly, that is when Nigeria, as a country, will have the opportunity...

OPINION: LAURENT GBABGO: GUILTY AS CHARGED

Immediate past president of Cote d’ Voire, Laurent Gbagbo was on January 28, 2016 hurled before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague charged with crimes against humanity. He had already spent five years in jail awaiting trial...

OPINION: RUBIO CHOKING ON OBAMA HIT BY SUICIDE BOMBER  

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Poor Marco Rubio. He just could not stop repeating Barrack Obama name like a stuck record until he got chocked on it. All noticed but it was Gov Christie, called suicide bomber by Rupert Murdock that hit him. If...

OPINION: CCT: CALLS FOR SARAKI’S RESIGNATION AND FEMI FALANA’S POLITICS OF CHARLATANISM

The recent verdict of the Supreme Court directing the Senate President, Dr Olubukola Saraki, to face trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal has laid to rest the controversy trailing the powers of the tribunal to try him in...

OPINION: SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENTS AND THE NEW ELECTORAL LAWS IN NIGERIA

The recent judgment of the Supreme Court, which dismissed all the cases challenging the polls of some governors, including those that had earlier been overturned by two lower courts by the chief Justice, Justice Mahmud Mohammed and his commitee...

OPINION: BRINGING BACK ‘MADE IN NIGERIA’

There has been a lot of talk in recent times about promoting ‘Made in Nigeria.’ From the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki’s recent visit to the ‘Made in Aba’ trade fair, to the hashtag to #BuyNaijaToGrowTheNaira, it is clear...

OPINION: BENUE SOUTH SENATORIAL RERUN POLL: FALLACY OF CHANGE AND THE QUESTION OF IDENTITY

The great people of Benue State have a special place in my heart and I greatly admire their academic industry. I know that one day, the potential God has given to them to feed the entire West Africa through...

OPINION: LENT: CHRISTIAN SEASON FOR SPIRITUAL RENEWAL

The term Lent comes from the old English word “lencten”, meaning “spring.” It started in the fourth century, after the Council of Nicaea, as a forty-day period during which candidates were instructed in preparation for baptism at Easter. In...

OPINION: APPRAISING THE RECOMMENDATION ON COMPULSORY TRAINING OF DRIVERS ON FIRST AID BY THE HEALTH MINISTRY

In Nigeria’s present situation of increasing road risks and dangers, the statistics on road fatalities and injuries are scary. Going by the World Health Organisation (WHO) records on global Road Traffic Injuries (RTIs), Nigeria is rated second on the...

OPINION: POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT, HILLARY CLINTON AND US 2016 ELECTIONS

The 2016 US presidential campaign is turning out to be dramatic. Many analysts have predicted a something close to an easy victory for Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton to have an easy ride in the primaries. I also recall severally...