Opinion

OPINION: GET FOREIGN LOANS FROM AFRICAN LOOTERS NOT IMF

There was this nightmare about a family that was robbed. He was taken to the Police Station to identify some of his robbers. He could not see any of those that “visited” his home. On the way out, he...

OPINION: DON’T PARK IT HERE; IT’S AT YOUR OWN RISK  

To say that the laws applicable to Rivers State as regards electoral jurisprudence are different from those of other states is to say the obvious. Nobody can pretend not to see the manipulation of the Electoral jurisprudence to favour...

OPINION: KUDOS FOR PRESIDENT BUHARI’S 2016 BUDGET

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Preliminary indications from PMB’s 2016 budget are positive and Nigerians applaud and welcome the budget. Of course we only have the preliminary numbers, the devil is always in the detail, so while I am happy now I reserve the...

OPINION: EMEFIELE IS NOT THE PROBLEM

The Naira is taking an unprecedented bashing in our Foreign Exchange Markets. In the Parallel Market, the Dollar sold for as high as N280 and the Pound Sterling N398 some days back. A friend of mine who travelled to the...

OPINION: DASUKIGATE OR DASUKI BONANZA

A name that has always been associated with controversy as far as the issue of national security is concerned both during the military era and our present democracy, has been in the news for the wrong reasons for the...

OPINION: NAIRA EXCHANGE RATES: MAKING THINGS APPEAR WORSE THAN THEY ARE

The fact of the matter is that Nigeria operates two broadly classified foreign exchange markets. There is the official market, where the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) funds banks, who in turn fund their customers’ offshore transactions. Banks basically...

OPINION: FUEL CRISIS AND CITY TRAFFIC IMPLICATIONS

The school of Lagos-watchers that keep an eye on the city’s traffic management chiefly out of a morbid fear of decline or of possible worst-case scenario has taken on new adherents of late. For signs are mounting that the...

OPINION: FAYOSE THE PROPHET PREDICTS OWN DOOM

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State maintains his false sense of security and invincibility with delusions of grandeur. He avoids looking scared when in fact he's in panic overdrive. He embalms his face with cosmetic joy when he's bleeding...

OPINION: WHO IS AFRAID OF EMEFIELE AS GOVERNOR OF CBN?

Many Nigerians do not seem to understand the role of the CBN in an economy. Some believe that the CBN is an authority in itself and does not take instruction from government. Yes, it is true that the CBN...

OPINION: THE CALL FOR REMOVAL OF FUEL SUBSIDY: ANOTHER MISADVENTURE OF SENATOR BOLA AHMED TINUBU & ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS (APC)

The recent insistence by Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu that President Muhamodu Buhari must remove fuel subsidy come January 2016 is quite unfortunate in many respects, it is another misadventure of National Leader of APC and his party. It smacks of...