Opinion

OPINION: WHAT IS PRESIDENTIAL ABOUT THAT MEDIA CHAT?

After months of addressing Nigerians from outside the country on issues that are largely local, granting interviews to foreign media outfits while neglecting the local media, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), was finally convinced (or was it confused) to host...

OPINION: PARALLEL & BLACK MARKET COMPETE WITH CENTRAL BANK

The father of a household told his family that his income has been cut in half and every member of the family must cut down on expenses by half: forgo frivolous spending, delay their wants for what is vital...

OPINION: BOKO HARAM:  ‘MISSION ACCOMPLISHED’ OR ‘TECHNICALLY DEFEATED’?

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The recent declaration by President Buhari that the country has “technically won the war” against Boko Haram reminds one of George W Bush’s ‘Mission Accomplished’ speech on May 1 2003.   The United States had invaded Iraq on March 20 2013,...

OPINION: WE NEED TO SAVE AKWA-IBOM FROM THE HAWKS

Since the conclusion of the March 28 presidential election, things have not been the same in Nigeria. We have witnessed various anomalies ranging from impunity to gangsterism and brigandage of all sorts.. We are back at the point described...

OPINION: ARE ELECTIONS GIVING DEMOCRACY BAD NAME IN NIGERIA?

For starters, l would like to attribute the title of this article, in part to Kofi Annan, former United Nations, UN Secretary General whose recent speech to the CommonWealth was titled 'Are Elections Giving Democracy Bad Name?'. Given the unprecedented...

OPINION: FORGET DASUKIGATE: IT’S US-GATE

For the past several weeks, Nigerians on social media have made a big sport of what we’ve styled “Dasukigate—with an imitative eye to the Richard Nixon-era Watergate. The made-in-Nigeria Dasukigate has arisen from astonishing allegations that detail how Sambo...

OPINION: IMO STATE 2015 CARNIVAL OF SPLENDOUR, FANTASY AND TRIUMPH

Carnival art offers us a dynamic tool for self expression, self discovery and re-orientation. A tool for seeking out our roots, a tool to develop new forms of looking at the world and its cultures, to discover what we...

OPINION: REQUIEM FOR A DYING YEAR

In my November piece, THE ENEMY WITHIN, I paid homage to Comrade Ibrahim Yusuf, the humble labour leader who introduced me to trade unionism. I was fresh from the university and held strongly to certain ideas. For instance, the...

OPINION: LETTER TO BUHARI

Dear President Buhari,   We are in dangerous times, and your actions, or inactions, will count for a lot. The truth is that whenever someone begins a project, especially a project which he has fought so hard for, it is important...

OPINION: ROMANCING WITH EVIL: A BROTHERLY ADVICE TO THE SPEAKER OF THE AKWA IBOM STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY

Dear Rt. Hon. Onofiok Luke,   Without prejudice to possible legal challenge to your election as the Speaker of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly having regard to the composition of the House as at Monday the 21st December,  2015...