Opinion

OPINION: NDIGBO-ARCHITECTS OF OUR OWN PROBLEMS

As Ndigbo, we shouldn't pretend that all is well with us. Our house has fallen and the earlier we tell ourselves the bitter truth...

OPINION: AFRICAN BOAT PEOPLE VERSUS PEER REVIEW

Professor Bem Amgwe the Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission of Nigeria (NHRC) and the sub-Chairman, codes and standards of the National...

OPINION: PDP AND 2015 ELECTIONS: A POSTMORTEM

The general elections have come and gone but the accompanying dust is yet to settle; strained relationships yet to be amended and bruised egos...

OPINION: FAYOSE : A LEOPARD DOES NOT CHANGE ITS SPOTS

In November, 2014, I posted an article titled, Our Governor Has Gone Mad Again, on my Facebook wall. The title was inspired by Ola Rotimi’s classic, Our...

OPINION: WHY ACTIVISTS MUST CONCENTRATE THEIR EFFORT ON NIGERIA’S DEVELOPMENT

For most of us Nigerians, our orientation has always been: Government must do everything, government is the means of amassing riches, government should be...

OPINION: HIER STEHE ICH. HOW ABOUT YOU?

At the Diet of Worms (The Church Convention) in 1521 friar Martin Luther was ordered to appear before the princes of the Holy Roman...

OPINION: CHANGE AS AN IDEOLOGICAL PARAPOISM OR AS AN AMALA COINAGE

"On that day, no matter where we came from, what god we prayed to or what race or ethnicity we were, we were united...

OPINION: OKOWA’S DEPUTY, OTUARO, HAS ENVIABLE BACKGROUND

In his write-up titled “Okowa’s Deputy, Otuaro is a Niger Delta Militant”, published in TheNews magazine edition of 27 April, 2015, Selekere Timipre hoped that...

OPINION: CAN JONATHAN SIGN OFF AS A HERO?

Social media is indeed intriguing in many ways and at the same token very exciting.   The Social media is like an open school whereby the...

OPINION: WORLD BANK $500 MILLION FACILITY AND IMPROVING MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IN NIGERIA

Pull quote: Appointment of a competent Nigerian with experience in result-based budgeting as Minister of Health will boost the chances of success in the implementation...