Opinion

OPINION: SACKING OF  3,000 CIVIL SERVANTS: IS THIS THE PROSPERITY GOV. OKOWA PROMISED DELTANS?

The campaign slogan of Senator Ifeanyi Okowa during the 2015 gubernatorial elections is "PROSPERITY FOR DELTANS" and it stole the hearts of many. I told a friend at that time that the slogan is merely crafted by political tacticians to attract votes...

OPINION: MILLIONS OF GIRLS REMAIN OUT OF SCHOOL

The gender gap has narrowed, but progress is starting to stall Bright-eyed and clever, a young girl from a small village in Malawi shares her wish for a better life. From her confines, up early in the morning, cleaning and...

OPINION: ASUU: TOWARDS LIBERATING WESTERN SAHARA REPUBLIC

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The Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) is the last Colony in Africa forcibly being controlled, raped and exploited by Morocco, another African country. Morocco has refused to allow the independence of the Western Sahara people since 1975 when it...

OPINION: THE TWO CATEGORIES OF POLITICIANS

According to Bum Philips, the late American football coach: "There are two categories of coaches, those that are fired and those that will be fired. The same quote is also applicable to our politicians. Aftermath of the general elections...

OPINION: THE PLOT AGAINST OGBONNAYA ONU BY IGBO LEADERS

One has observed lately the recent plot filled with blackmail, outright falsehood perpetrated by some Igbo leaders against the First Executive Governor of Abia State, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu . Ever since Dr. Onu was speculated to emerge Secretary to the...

OPINION: NIGERIA ONCE AGAIN IS IN THE MIDST OF MEDIA PROPAGANDIST ERA AND GOVERNANCE BY SLOGANS

Nigeria has just transitioned into a new political regime on May 29, 2015. (Incidentally, May 29 in history marks the official date when Igbo Genocide in Nigeria began in 1966.) The new Nigerian leader Muhammadu Buhari is an Islamic...

EKITI APC AND THE ADU COMPLEX…

"Omode'n fe Adu, Agbagba'n fe Adu, Omode'n fe Adu o... Adu ma da...". Translated: "Children & Youths love Adu, Elders love Adu. Adu is good". These words coupled with melodious tunes blared out of mighty speakers by popular Fuji artiste Saheed...

OPINION: BUHARI MUST ENGAGE IN JUDICIAL CLEANSING TO COMBAT CORRUPTION

Heraclitus of Ephesus (535 BC – 475 BC) was a Greek philosopher, known for his doctrine of change being central to the universe. He said, ‘’everything gives way and nothing stays fixed. Nothing is permanent except change’’. As a legal...

OPINION: WOMEN SEEK GREATER ROLE IN REBUILDING THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

The current security and humanitarian situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) is dire—a reality that has prompted women of the CAR to make one urgent request to the international community: to be included in the conflict-stricken country’s ongoing...

OPINION: I WILL CRITICIZE BUHARI’S GOVERNMENT BECAUSE…

Welcome to Nigeria where the government is responsible and blamed for every damn things. If mosquito bites you, you will blame the government…(unknown)   The critic’s anthem is one that has always inspired me by H.G. Wells; it reads in part...