Opinion

OPINION: ABA: REINVENTING THE JAPAN OF AFRICA

Aba, before the advent of Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu's administration lied prostrate- infrastructure, especially road, was comatose, industrial and commerce spirit of the  city collapsed . But "a Daniel came to judgment when Ikpeazu mounted the seat of power  of the...

OPINION: WILL BUHARI BRING BACK OUR GIRLS?

I never had the courage to express what I have actually thought concerning the abduction of nearly 300 school girls in Chibok nearly two years ago. As a matter of fact, the closest I have been to telling it...

OPINION: PRESIDENT BUHARI AND NIGERIAN RELIGIOUS MINORITIES

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Something very uncommon has been happening in Nigeria for a very long time. Before now, many things went wrong in Nigeria’s governance. But while the happenings favoured one tiny group in the country, it disfavoured another tiny group within...

OPINION: DO NOT COUNT AMAECHI AND TINUBU OUT YET: THEY CAN PLAY THEIR OSIBANJO CARD

People have been warned not to forget history because those who do so repeat it. Buhari is warned not to forget his history, especially his most recent one. This is the history: Amaechi and Tinubu made President Buhari possible....

OPINION: FUTILE CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY AGAINST RIVERS STATE AND HER PEOPLE

Each time you read a report from the Rivers State Governorship Election Tribunal, look out closely for the futile attempt and ungodly conspiracy by Federal Government agencies to create the wrong impression about the governorship election on April 11. So far,...

OPINION: EMMANUEL OTIOTIO: AN EPISTLE TO BAYELSA PEOPLE

On Monday, September 7, 2015, the All Progressives Congress (APC) drew the curtains on the submission of Baylsa state governorship nomination form. At the close of submission, no fewer than sixteen aspirants submitted their forms, a clear indication of...

OPINION: HEADING TO 2019: PROPAGANDA WILL SUCCUMB TO REALITY

A few days to the inauguration of the present democratic era, a popular Pro-APC online medium operating from Abuja delivered a verdict on the Rivers State Governorship Election.  This medium premised its position on the so-called data on Card...

OPINION: LAGOS: GOVERNANCE ON A FREE FALL

I’m cock-sure John F. Kennedy and former Vice-President Richard M. Nixon were not concerned about winning a political battle or outsmarting one another in Sept. 26, 1960 when the duo participated in the first televised presidential debate in the...

OPINION: OSHIOMHOLE’S MISGOVERNMENT IN EDO

THE replacement of false head with fake tail may not have found its proper description until Mr. Adams Oshiomhole becomes the governor of Edo State, the former vanquished Bini Kingdom by the British Empire in 1897, Southern Nigeria. His...

OPINION: LET’S DEVELOP COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES SYSTEM THROUGHOUT NIGERIA

Nigeria is continuously expanding in population and so also are persons with mental health and psychosocial challenges which extends to persons with substance and alcohol problems. Typically, Nigerian healthcare authorities have always relied heavily on Neuropsychiatric hospitals across the nation...