Opinion

OPINION: TYRANNY IN NIGERIA: SUPREME COURT TO THE RESCUE

Two issues that have put our judiciary in the eye of the storm in recent times are the anti-corruption war and the election matters. These two issues are very dear to the heart of President Muhammadu Buhari for different...

OPINION: PROPOSED 2016 BUDGET: THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

The proposed 2016 budget currently being subjected to legislative scrutiny by both chambers of the National Assembly is the first budget to be so put together by the APC led administration. The appropriation bill is coming on the heels...

OPINION: NIGERIANS ARE CONTENT WITH LITTLE

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I am not a fan of Kaduna State Executive Governor, Nasir El-Rufai. I find him rather brash. Even with some of my friends serving in his government, I did not think highly of his administration. Then last week, I...

OPINION: BETWEEN APTITUDE AND ATTITUDE

This reflection was inspired by a paper presented on behalf of Mike Omeri, the Director-General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA) at the Annual Management Meeting of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) held in Asaba, Delta State on...

OPINION: DANCING ON THE GRAVE OF POLITICAL MATYRS IN RIVERS STATE

Let me start by taking a quote from Manchester United Manager Sir Alex Ferguson around 2006: “_when you win don’t gloat and when you lose don’t go_bananas_”. He gave the piece of advice to his fierce rival Chelsea’s Jose...

OPINION: CAN SEMENITARI TAKE THE NDDC FROM THE CEMETERY?

In comparing the agitations being made by the Ondo state people for one of theirs to head the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, with the substantive appointment of Madam Ibim Semenitari as Managing Director, I came across a vital...

OPINION: MBAKA: PRIEST, POLITICIAN OR RENEGADE?

Catholic priests in Nigeria have always captured the public imagination, some of them have served in government positions, some were prominent in the fight and struggle for democracy, some of them have proved their mettle as poets, teachers, musicians,...

OPINION: AN OPEN LETTER TO REV FR EJIKE MBAKA

Dear Fr, I write you this letter with all sense of humility and deep respect for you and your calling as a priest of the Holy Mother Church. This letter has become absolutely necessary owing to your recent political activities...

OPINION: 2015 ELECTIONS: JUSTICE LOST AND FOUND

Since Nigeria's return to multi party democracy in 1999, the murkiness of the world of the judiciary has been so pervasive that the views of the average Nigerian about the jurisprudence behind most of the court verdicts reversing or...

OPINION: BENUE SOUTH RERUN: DAVID MARK VS DANIEL ONJEH

Former Senate President, Senator David Mark of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and one-time President of West Africa Students Union(WASU), Comrade Daniel Onjeh of All Progressives Congress, APC, will be slugging it out on February 20, 2016, in the rerun...