Opinion

OPINION: PRAYING FOR DIEZANI AND THE REST OF US

Had ISIS not shocked the world by sponsoring a spree of deadly attacks at six locations in Paris last Friday, killing at least 128 people, the Nigerian social media space would have been dominated—no question—by photos released by a...

OPINION: UGWUANYI’S GOOD TIDINGS FOR SCHOOLS

Monday November 16th 2015 will remain evergreen in the young minds of millions of public primary school pupils in the old Eastern regional capital of Enugu following the unfolding by Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of a blueprint to introduce the...

OPINION: WHY HAVE PAST ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN NEGOTIATIONS FAILED?

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No new format for peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians can succeed unless it carefully considers the reasons behind the failure of past negotiations to ensure that the same mistakes are not repeated. The following highlights some of...

OPINION: SARAKI: HISTORY ON TRIAL

It’s been five months since the emergence of Senator Bukola Saraki as the President and Chairman of the National Assembly of the 8th Session, but not without the many twists and drama contrived mostly by elements beyond the frontiers...

OPINION: RE: OCEANS OF BLOOD AND THE WORDS OF INUWA WADA

I am constrained to write and respond to the above-titled article by Chief Femi Fani-Kayode published in the Vanguard Newspapers of Sunday, November 8th, 2015. Ordinarily I don’t join issues with people, but to allow concocted and sensational lies...

OPINION: THE PARABLE OF OVERSABI: ONLY SIMPLE THINGS CAN DESTROY NIGERIA

I have seen a country where everyone knows; a country with the wisest of men, a little lower than the Greek gods but wiser than the global average in this realm of man. The people are a little more...

OPINION: BETWEEN THE DESERT AND THE DEEP SEA

Ministers from seventy countries camped   in France for three days from this Sunday. It was humanity’s  War  Cabinet meeting for the third time this year. It was like a country being under carpet bombing, and the Executive debating how to scramble jets into...

OPINION: THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF JUDICIALISATION OF ELECTIONS IN NIGERIA

The dust raised by the latest judicial decision heralding the unseating of the incumbent governor of Taraba State, Darius lshaku, by the election tribunal set up to look into alleged cases of impropriety associated with the last election is...

OPINION: BEYOND TERRORISM: EDUCATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Remarks By Atiku Abubakar, GCON, former Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria and Founder, American University of Nigeria, Yola, at the 10th Founder’s Day Celebration of the University, at Yola 14 November, 2015   Protocol In a way it is difficult to believe...

OPINION: USING DISTANCE LEARNING TO SET AGENDA FOR CHANGE

The news that Senate has approved the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) graduates to take part in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme is uplifting as it has opened up new vistas for education in the country....