Opinion

OPINION: NIGERIA: TIME TO END THE IRANIAN BID AT IMPERIALISM

Until the recent faceoff between the Nigerian Army and Islamic Movement in Nigeria, better known as Shi’ite, not many Nigerians were aware of the activities of the sect. However, immediately after the incident, many were vocal in condemning what...

OPINION: MEN SHARE THE FRUSTRATION OF SUPER MOMS

Can anyone have it all, men or women? Some brave women have come out against the labels that they are some super humans with great careers, best cooks in the kitchen, finest maids in the house and some whore...

OPINION: TRADITIONAL INSTITUTIONS AS A RECIPE FOR SECURITY AND UNITY

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Government comes and goes but the traditional institution has remained an integral framework of our history and the bedrock of our nation’s democracy. No government can work harmoniously without the assistance of the tradition institutions because these institutions have...

OPINION: ANAMBRA’S LATEST GIFT TO NIGERIA’S FLEDGING DEMOCRACY

At the end of last week, Nigeria’s Supreme Court gave a judgment that many newspapers and online groups interpreted rather decisively and excitedly. Headlines declared that the court had dismissed all PDP members of the National Assembly, among them...

OPINION: TOUGH TIMES LAY AHEAD

Nigeria’s financial outlook is not looking good at the moment and there are tough times ahead. The price of crude oil, Nigeria’s major earner, is taking a battering on the world markets. With sanctions against Iran being lifted and the...

OPINION: NIGERIA HAS PALPABLE CONCUSSION

Concussion is a 2015 American biographical sports medical drama film directed and written by Peter Landesman. This film is based on the 2009 GQ exposé Game Brain by Jeanne Marie Laskas starring Will Smith as Dr. Bennet Omalu, a...

OPINION: FEDERAL CHARACTER AND ITS DISCONTENTS

There has been so much concern about how the Federal Character principle has since its introduction in 1979, promoted mediocrity within the public service, and retarded national growth and progress. Introduced after the civil war to promote national integration,...

OPINION: ALLEGED TAX CERTIFICATE FRAUD: DOUBLE JEOPARDY FOR IKPEAZU

Former Gov. Theodore Orji of Abia state actually threw caution and statesmanship to the winds in the build up to the April 2015 governorship election in the state, when he shoved all the other governorship aspirants on the platform...

OPINION: OPAN/GOCOP ONLINE PUBLISHERS: WHEN THE BATTLEFIELD NO LONGER CONTAIN WARRIORS

The more social media we have, the more we think we're connecting, yet we are really disconnecting from each other - Anonymous I have purposely waited for days to see what Reuben Abati will write concerning the mention of his...

OPINION: SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA LAGS BEHIND

Burkina Faso, a landlocked West African country south of the Sahara Desert, has been in the news since political unrest erupted there in 2014. Had peace prevailed, the country would have had a moment to savour the finding that...