Opinion

OPINION: A UNITY GOVERNMENT MAY BE GOOD FOR NIGERIA

Nigerians may not have voted for a Unity Government but that is what it has and it may not be a bad thing. As people take swipe at our latest whipping boys, Ike Ekweremadu and David Mark, it is...

OPINION: CAN AFRICA FUND ITS OWN GROWTH?

Mobilizing domestic resources is a key source of finance. Despite witnessing exceptional growth in development finance in recent years, Africa is still faced with the arduous task of mobilizing adequate resources to fund its growth and future transformation agenda. Given...

OPINION: SENATE LEADERSHIP: APC SHOULD CARRY THE BIG STICK

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Few days ago Professor Pat Utomi lamented that interlopers and agents of darkness have hijacked our CHANGE PROJECT again. In that piece, Utomi reflected on the June 12 1993 Saga and the sordid event of June 23 1993 and...

OPINION: BUHARI VICTORY: HOW MUCH DID TINUBU ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTE

It is a topic of conversation: how much power did Tinubu wield and how much power does he have in the current APC government. Of course Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC,...

OPINION: BUHARI AND THE CHALLENGE OF TERRORISM

The reality today in Africa is the challenge of terrorism. We have had to cope with the deadly acts perpetrated by the notorious al-Shabab in Somalia, Tanzania and recently in Kenya. We are equally witnesses to the ruthlessness of...

OPINION: ON AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL’S LOPSIDED REPORT ON THE NIGERIAN ARMY

I have just read the report titled: Nigeria: Stars on their shoulders. Blood on their hands: War crimes committed by the Nigerian military, published by Amnesty International on alleged human rights abuses and extrajudicial killing committed by the Nigerian...

OPINION: APC: THE MORE THINGS CHANGE

Sometimes you just know it when something is not right. The uneasy feel, instinctive and intrinsic feelings are all tell-tale signs of an obvious anomaly and are sometimes needed to be relied on as clear pointers to outliers. The recent...

OPINION: MERCHANTS ON THE PULPIT: HOW POLITICAL PASTORS ARE DESTROYING AKWA IBOM STATE

Becoming a pastor is now the easiest way of making ends meet. Any rogue, hooligan or school drop-out can have the appellation- "man of God", added to his or her name effortlessly. Given the very high emotional attachment and...

OPINION: ON THE LAWMAKERS’ N9B WARDROBE

Abuja the political capital of Nigeria is abuzz with intense debates on the very costly and indeed rare Wardrobe of the less than 500 Nigerians elected supposedly to constitute the eight session of the National Assembly which by some...

OPINION: THE WESTERN GERMANY CONNECTION

I think Femi Adesina and Shehu Garba should start doing frog jump in Aso Rock before President Muhammadu Buhari returns from work today. I can’t have two professional speech writers and I go on International TV to give thanks...