Opinion

OPINION: JOURNALISM FOR SALE; AS SAHAREPORTERS & APC ARE SET TO UNDERMINE OKOWA’S ADMINISTRATION.

“The ancient Greek Philosopher, Aristotle said that anger and personal abuse are the weakest link to arguments” We were taken aback by an article published by Sahareporters.com of 6th July 2015, titled Okowa Appoints Kill Squad Leader as Principal Secretary,...

OPINION: A BAIL-OUT FOR DEBTOR MEDIA HOUSES?

There is no gain saying in the fact that some media proprietors in Nigeria are now wearing an unenviable toga of 'debtor media houses' thereby competing with some state governments over their abysmal failure to pay their staffers' salaries...

OPINION: SENATE LEADERSHIP SAGA: BETWIXT POLITICS AND MORALITY

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It is indeed heartwarming that partisan Abba Mahmood, in his Thursday column in Leadership newspaper titled: “Urine Cannot Clean Faeces”, decided to cite celestial factors- righteousness and justice- as the forces that will win the final political battle in...

OPINION: FOR WIKE, IT’S THE RULE OF LAW OR NOTHING  

April 11,  2015 witnessed the final demystification  of Mr Rotimi Amaechi, immediate past governor of Rivers State by Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike.  Prior to this date, the former governor had used his media propagandists to promote the falsehood that...

OPINION: THE REASON NIGERIA ‘CAN’ NOT WORK IS BECAUSE OF THE TURTLE AND RABBIT

It is with the eyes that one tells the absence of palm oil; it is with the mouth that one determines the absence of salt; if a stew lacks oil, it is the eyes that will tell. Nigeria is working,...

OPINION: CAMPAIGN LIES OR PROMISES? A REMINDER TO PRESIDENT BUHARI

The postponement of the 2015 General elections by former president Goodluck Jonathan was predicated on the need to ensure that the elections were conducted even in the terror zones of Northeast Nigeria. And just within that 6-week period, what...

OPINION: MY COMMISSIONERS ARE MORE THAN YOURS

After President Muhammadu Buhari was sworn in on May 29th alongside other freshly elected governors, Nigerians were bombarded with claims and counter claims regarding how much was bequeathed to these office holders by their predecessors. Buhari fired the first salvo when he...

OPINION: FEMI FANI KAYODE: ATULU MULU EBUNU GBA AKA NWA 

“ololololo, Aturu mulu ebunu gba aka nwa oo, iwoliwo oooo!” -Igbo musician   This Igbo song is the product of a popular musician from the East which was very popular in the 60s and 70s. It says that a sheep that...

OPINION: BUHARI AND THE IGBO ROUND II

During General Muhammadu Buhari’s First Missionary Journey he overthrew a democratically elected President Shehu Shagari whose government, he accused of all manner of misdeeds. Also overthrown was Mr. Alex Ekwueme, Shagari’s Vice President. He immediately restricted Shagari, the Head...

OPINION: NOTHING IS OMOLUABI IN OGBENI 1

I've watched keenly the state of things and governance in the State of Osun and have taken to silence not because I have nothing to say but because I have realized how irrational Osun people are, how sentiments of...