Opinion

OPINION: SOUTH EAST: ORPHANS OF NIGERIA’S PROGRESSIVE POLITICS

The political progressives now claim they have indeed, without equivocation, come-into power in Nigeria; and are actually, at the helms of executive authorities in the country. To say the least, the reigns of political, economic and social dynamics are...

OPINION: MR. PUTIN, CAN HE LOOK FAR ENOUGH?

Syria, what is Putin’s end game? They said nature abhors vacuum. Is Putin filling vacuum left by the Americans without a definite end game? Let’s go down memory lane. In Afghanistan we saw what toll a vacuum could take...

OPINION: CHILDREN OF AUSTERITY

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The new year will be quite challenging for Nigerians. They need no prophet nor soothsayer to predict this. The country’s situation evolves from its reliance on a mono culture; oil. Politics is the largest and most productive industry in...

OPINION: FIRE ON BUHARI!

Carol Ajie is a Lawyer. I am not. I am a Lecturer, Carol is not. I took one look at her petition against President Buhari and her call for the respected leader of the most populous black nation to...

OPINION: THE YEAR 2015: OUR YEAR OF CALAMITOUS DISASTERS

If Nigeria, against perceived and preconceived mischievous intentions could survive the year 2015 unscathed, it is now clear that Nigeria's disintegration is non-negotiable. The year 2015 experienced a 12 month apocalypse that nearly ended our 55 years as a sovereign...

OPINION: DASUKIGATE: OUR COLLECTIVE BURDEN

Since the inauguration of the current government, it has become clear that Nigeria has been under siege for decades, vacillating from one corrupt government to the other with leaders who either lack patriotic commitment for the collective interests of...

OPINION: NIGERIA AND THE DEBATE ON RULE OF LAW

President Muhammadu Buhari had few hours before the end of last year took questions from some select journalists drawn from about four media houses including traditional and social media in what the presidency termed maiden media chat. The media chat...

OPINION: EL-ZAK-ZAKI: BETWEEN IRANIAN AGENDA AND THE USUAL SONOROUS LAMENTATION

The guns blazed, the smell of cordite against flesh stung the air, announcing deaths, yes, and mortification of human beings from this existence. As the smokes from the blazing muzzles, smoke from teargas and smoke from burning structures blew...

OPINION: DOES TYRANNY HAVE A BED IN ASO ROCK?

There is a specious argument making the rounds in favour of the many pseudo-democrats in Africa who pose as democrats but are masquerades indeed. Unfortunately of late, the rhetoric usually comes from a much respected elite and every so...

OPINION: BILL COSBY HAS ALREADY LOST WITHOUT PROOF OF CRIMINAL GUILT

The sexual harassment case against Bill Cosby by about fifty different women has now finally taken a different turn into a criminal prosecution. It became a political football during election by two rivals for the District Attorney regarding one...