Opinion

OPINION: FREEDOM IN MARTYRDOM

The intensified public discussion about the root causes of violent extremism has focused mainly on the socio-economic and political conditions that exist in Arab countries and among Arab communities in Europe and the US, which provide a breeding ground...

OPINION: GOODLUCK’S NOTES TO BUHARI

Dear General,   On behalf of “Mama Peace” and myself, I would like to congratulate you again on your historic victory in the March 28 presidential election. Why do I call it historic?   It’s not only because it became the first time...

OPINION: APRIL POLLS: PRESIDENT JONATHAN SHOULD NOT ABANDON PDP GOVERNORS  

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Reports reaching me from various camps of PDP candidates for Saturday’s governorship elections shows that President Goodluck Jonathan has abandoned his party men to their fate, following his shocking defeat in March 28th presidential polls. Some PDP leaders and candidates have told...

OPINION: WHY NDIGBO SHOULD VOTE FOR AKINWUNMI AMBODE

The talent of the man who becomes the Governor of Lagos State is of the essence. We don’t need a passive Governor but an energetic and assertive one. Akinwunmi Ambode is not only supremely qualified but uniquely qualified to...

OPINION: PROFESSOR JEGA’S SILENCE ON AKWA IBOM STATE IS A CRIME AGAINST DEMOCRACY

My first physical encounter with the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega was on Saturday December 6, 2013 at Ugbegun in Esan Central Local Government Area of Edo State during the burial of former President...

OPINION: I DO NOT WORRY FOR PDP; IT IS APC THAT I AM WORRIED ABOUT

There are stories or shall I say rumors about large number of PDP elected politicians defecting to APC. If these stories are true, PDP has nothing to worry about. But APC has a lot to worry about. In an...

OPINION: THE PRESENT CULTURE OF SSS IN NIGERIA NEEDS MAJOR INTERVENTION GOING FORWARD

  As we move forward in our growing democracy, the State Security Service (SSS) or the Department of State Services must proceed from the starting point of non-political and professional commitment in the course of performing its law enforcement duties...

OPINION: TB JOSHUA AND THE WITCHCRAFT MURDER OF 85 SOUTH AFRICANS PILGRIMS

TB Joshua, a popular prophet in Nigeria, has indirectly murdered eighty five citizens of South Africa who came to Nigeria looking for God and solutions to their problems through acts not far from witchcraft. These eighty five South Africans...

OPINION: IHEDIOHA: FIGHTING FOR THE SOUL OF IMO POLITICAL EQUITY

  In the next few days, the good people of Imo State, a people known to be very politically conscious and assertive for their rights would troop to the polls to cast their votes for the next Governor of Imo...

OPINION: HAS OUR DEMOCRACY COME OF AGE? THE LAGOS STATE EXAMPLE

Last Saturday’s Presidential and Legislative elections has come and gone and will go down in our history as one of the most unprecedented in terms of its peaceful outcome. It has been categorised as the most free and fair...