Opinion

OPINION: CAN WE ALLOW THE TRAVESTY IN KOGI STATE TO STAND IN A DEMOCRACY?

I am writing this piece as Joe Igbokwe not as APC Publicity Secretary Lagos State. I am writing as an independent writer and a public commentator on national affairs. Please permit me to air my views before we swear...

OPINION: PLUNGING NAIRA – BEFORE YOU BLAME EMEFIELE, LOOK AT YOURSELF

It is either I do not understand economics and how exchange rates work or a vast majority of us Nigerians still don’t get how we have wrecked our country with our own curious choices. Just this morning I was...

OPINION: CREATIVE TAXATION AND MATTERS ARISING

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Taxes are hardly welcome with a smile. Even in jurisdictions where public funds are judiciously husbanded, taxes are often treated with as much dislike as for leprosy! As such, I was not surprised that my call for creative taxation...

OPINION: THE DEFEAT OF BOKO HARAM IS NOW AN ACCOMPLISHED FACT, A MIRACLE

I believe that Boko Haram (BH) is now actually defeated. I know I made fun of the announcement when it was made around December 31st 2015. It was President Muhammadu Buhari’s (PMB) deadline for defeating BH. But here it...

OPINION: THE TROUBLED NAIRA AND THE NATIONAL ECONOMY

Nigeria, a country of over 170 million people - a nation who after many decades, oil continue to remain its major source of revenue generation -about 95 per cent. Today the 'once upon a time' glowing commodity is no...

OPINION: LAI MOHAMED: TO INFORM OR INFLAME?

Unarguably, one of the most effective opposition party spokesmen in Nigeria is Lai Mohamed, now our new honorable minister of Information and Culture. While his party, the APC that was formerly in opposition won the presidency on March 28th last year, and...

OPINION: INTERPRETERS FOR CORRUPTION MALADIES

“In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act” - George Orwell Never has a nation been so ravaged by corruption. Nigerians suffer terrible maul from the deadly claws of the looters. The cruelty of man...

OKONJO-IWEALA: A STRONG TRANSPARENCY ADVOCATE AND ANTI-CORRUPTION FIGHTER; A RESPONSE TO FEMI FALANA, AN INTEGRITY-CHALLENGED CHARLATAN (ICC)

The malicious attempt by Lagos Lawyer, Femi Falana to mix Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala up in issues that have nothing to do with her in his letter to the International Criminal Court (ICC) is a desperate joke by an integrity...

OPINION: EMEFIELE: BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE

I read with absolute interest Simon Kolawole’s article, The Parable of Dollars and Dullards, published on January 17, 2015. I read the article at least five times. If I had any hope that the exchange rate crisis was going...

OPINION: THE IDPS: LASTING WAYS TO RE-BUILD THEIR LIVES WITH FULL RE- INTEGRATION IN NIGERIA

In the history of Nigeria, a major unlimited crisis or national outbreak that will face us for a very long time is the issue of the internally displaced persons (IDPs) which is due to nature, tribal, religious induced conflicts...