Opinion

OPINION: PRESIDENT BUHARI’S THREE UNNECESSARY FOREIGN TRIPS

While Mr. Buhari’s integrity seems to remain beyond reproach, one fact that is becoming clearer to me by the day is that honesty is required but not sufficient to deliver our beloved nation from its subsisting conundrum. In popular...

OPINION: GLOBAL SHAME! THE SAIPEM BOGEY; SHADY BUSINESS PRACTICES OF A TURNKEY CONTRACTOR

Like the proverbial crook, variously inured in the devises and means of corporate scams, the name, Saipem - a major player in the Nigerian oil and gas sector - is synonymous with tax evasion, criminal discrimination and galling corporate...

OPINION: UNDERSTANDING FAYOSE’S HUBRIS

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There is no blame game here; rather there is the need to present facts as they currently are. Ekiti State is fast becoming a ghetto, courtesy of the actions of its incumbent governor, Mr. Peter Ayodele Fayose. It is...

ACCEPTANCE SPEECH BY RT. HON DOGARA YAKUBU ON ELECTION AS SPEAKER OF THE 8TH HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

WE SHALL WAGE AN UNRELENTING LEGISLATIVE WAR ON NIGERIA’S PROBLEMS It is with a deep sense of honour, humility, and with gratitude to God that I take the chair as Speaker of the 8th House of Representatives of the Federal...

OPINION: CROOKS AS GATEKEEPERS

Disgust gnaws at my innards as I ponder on the significance of recent goings-on in Nigeria, especially as they concern the commonwealth of the nation. Every one of these gruelling events, by my estimations, exhibits all the trappings of...

OPINION: WIKE: NIGERIA’S STRATEGIC POLITICAL TACTICIAN

Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, Rivers State Governor is a politician and administrator that you underrate at your own peril. He is a master strategist with an unwavering commitment to the stability and development of Nigeria. On May 31, elected National Assembly...

OPINION: BUHARI AND THE NIGERIAN FOREIGN EXCHANGE

The naira is known to have dropped against major currencies in recent times.  Perhaps, this was why, during the 2015 Nigerian presidential election, President Muhammadu Buhari made the point of “making the naira equal to the dollar.” He was...

OPINION: AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI

ALLOW US TO BECOME PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES IN THE CRITICAL AREA OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND RELATED AREAS FOR YOUR ADMINISTRATION   President Muhammadu Buhari, now that you have been sworn in to lead Nigeria with a newly restored commitment to usher in...

OPINION: NASS ELECTION: APC ONLY CONCEDING TO ITS PDP HYBRID

The outcome of the just concluded election of the National Assembly leaders is indeed a remarkable show of how the hybrid responsible for the formation of the All Progressive Congress (APC) is beginning to turn the barrel at itself.   The...

A SPEECH PRESENTED BY SENATOR ABUBAKAR BUKOLA SARAKI ON THE OCCASION OF HIS SWEARING-IN AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC...

PROTOCOLS Distinguished Colleagues, Senators of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, I am most honoured and privileged to be elected from among such distinguished men and women of your caliber to serve you as President of the Senate. I accept with humility...