Opinion

OPINION: SYRIA, ISIS AND THE IMPENDING ‘GLOBAL CATASTROPHE’

The atmosphere in Syria is still edgy. The chaotic situation in the country is sending Men, women and young children to their early graves on a daily basis. Those who cannot stand the heat are leaving in drove. There...

OPINION: BENUE, PROBE AND THE TRUTH WE MUST TELL OURSELVES

True to the saying, no one can cut the hair of former Benue state governor, Gabriel Suswam in his absence so he is the only one who can truly explain how he ran the affairs of Benue state in...

OPINION: 5 SIGNS THAT ABUBAKAR BUKOLA SARAKI WAS PREPARED FOR THE SENATE PRESIDENCY

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Preparedness is fundamental in the scheme of things. It is in fact the foundation on which every achievement of a man, group of persons or an organization is built. It is said that Nigeria lacked the requisite preparations in...

OPINION: WILL POSTERITY BE FAIR TO PRESIDENT BUHARI?

One of the maxims of equity stipulates that, "one who comes into equity must come with clean hands". President Buhari has scaled the hurdles of equity and has begun the journey to posterity. His journey to posterity started on...

OPINION: I AM A TECHNOCRAT AND BUHARI DID NOT PICK ME

And finally the ministerial list was read on the floor of the Upper Chamber of Nigeria’s National Assembly, and in few hours the nation was under the couch, the wailing wailers and the body language experts went into over...

OPINION: ON KANO’S TOUGH ANTI – RAPE LAW

KANO State government has approved life jail sentence for any convicted rapist. This piece of news is one that would gladden the hearts of all lovers of human rights. But it's not entirely the first time that good news...

OPINION: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORM AND STRATEGIC PLAN FOR NIGERIA

INTRODUTION Nigeria is going through interesting times. With the election of President Muhammadu Buhari and assumption of office in May, 2015, the discourse and expectations in governance has changed completely. Everything now revolves around the expectation and operationalization of the...

OPINION: JUSTICE ON TRIAL: 10 SALIENT ISSUES IN THE AKWA IBOM STATE GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION PETITION

"No election known to law, no election known to mankind, no election known to civilization was conducted in Akwa Ibom State" - Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN. The epochal statement quoted above which is currently trending on social media was part...

OPINION: IF MURDOCH’S STATE OF MIND IS RACIST THEN DOES HE HAVE THE FREEDOM TO BE RACIST?

In the sense of human psychology we will never know if Rupert Murdoch’s mind is filled with motives and feelings of racism but what is clear is that more than 40 years after the Loving vs. Virginia, 388 U.S....

OPINION: FASHOLA: IT WILL BE TRANSFORMATION ALL THE WAY

On March 2, 2013, The Economist of London, arguably the world’s most influential magazine, published a special issue on Africa, a follow-up to its “Africa Rising” series run in 2011. In an article entitled “Governance in much of Africa is visibly improving,...