Opinion

OPINION: TAKING DESPERATION  TO LAWLESS HEIGHTS

Defeated  Rivers State APC  Governorship Candidate,  Mr Dakuku Peterside is at it again. This time he has taken his desperation  to  Abuja,  the Federal  Capital.  He has once again,  exposed yet another  reason  why the people of Rivers  State...

OPINION: RIVERS SCANDAL – WILL AMAECHI GO TO JAIL?

According to President Mohammed Buhari, “if we don’t kill corruption, corruption will kill us”. This popular quote reverberated all over my mind as I read the very detailed petition by The Integrity Group, an anti-corruption, non-governmental organization based in...

OPINION: WIKE, WECHE THE NEW OSTRICH GAME IN RIVERS STATE

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In the past two weeks, Nigerians have read many petitions emanating from different organisations alleging several forms of corruption against the past Amaechi administration in River State. Most of the petitions including a sworn affidavit are associated with one...

OPINION: THE BUHARI ADMINISTRATION AND CHANGE IN NIGERIA

The President Muhammadu Buhari administration was inaugurated on 29th May, 2015, a time of monumental changes across the world. There are a lot of changes taking place with increasing uncertainty, growing ambiguity, increasing complexity, access to massive information and...

OPINION: OPEN LETTER TO THE NIGERIAN SENATE: PLEASE DO NOT APPROVE THE $75 MILLION WORLD BANK LOAN TO EDO STATE

Dear Senator Saraki, I write in respect of the $75 million loan approved by the World Bank for Edo State, the second installment of a loan totaling $225 million. Despite some positive developments that have been recorded under the administration...

OPINION: BUHARI: WATCH OUT FOR COMPETING POWER STRUGGLES AND AMBIVALENCE IN YOUR MISSION

Dear President Muhammadu Buhari just a few months into the presidency of our emerging society called Nigeria, and after a few weeks of returning from international visit you reminded the people of your mission to remain a God fearing...

OPINION: NIGERIAN ECONOMY: DETRACTORS CAN’T REWRITE HISTORY

That the Nigerian economy is the envy of the black race is not in doubt, thanks to the astute management and foresight of a scholar like Dr. (Mrs) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the immediate past Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister...

OPINION: DONALD TRUMP OUTDOING REPUBLICANS AT THEIR OWN GAME

There is nothing Donald Trump has said that Republicans have not said worse. Suddenly they are casting Trump as the devil of all time. Each time Republicans claim they want to reach out to African Americans, Latinos and women,...

OPINION: THE SYRIAN CATASTROPHE AND THE WORLD’S DEAFENING SILENCE

The word tragic has often been used to describe the civil war in Syria, but it is a pale description of the raging madness on the ground. The bloodletting and massive destruction that has swept the nation is not...

OPINION: NDOMA-EGBA’S RETURN TO LEGAL PRACTICE

Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, SAN, OFR is the immediate past Leader of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He represented Cross River Central Senatorial District for a period spanning through 12 years between 2003 and 2015. Held in...