Opinion

OPINION: CAN 2015 ELECTIONS BE RIGGED?

Tomorrow the voting for the president of Nigeria begins. How is the process supposed to work? This is the best answer I got from questioning people involved in the elections: One must have registered and must have collected his/her PVC...

OPINION: REVISITING THE ABUJA PEACE ACCORD

At an event organized by the office of the National Security Adviser to the President and the Office of the Special Adviser to the President on Inter-Party Affairs with supports from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and other...

OPINION: APC, NATIONAL CONFERENCE AND THE NIGERIAN STATE

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National Conference The APC does not support the National Conference though the recommendations made by the NC will help to move the country forward if implemented. Some of the recommendations of the NC are the creation of states mostly...

OPINION: LIKUD’S VICTORY IS ISRAEL’S DEFEAT

Those of us who regularly observe and try to make sense of the madness sweeping the Middle East often find ourselves, perhaps out of desperation, engaging in wishful thinking, hoping that in the end, reason will prevail over lunacy....

OPINION: JONATHAN VS BUHARI: HOW NIGERIANS WILL VOTE

The presidential elections holding on March 28th 2015 will be one to be remembered by all Nigerians, this is the first time, the ruling party (PDP) is facing a real opposition (APC). President Jonathan is running for re-election, this...

OPINION: YEAR 2015 AND A REASON FOR PEACEFUL ELECTION IN NIGERIA

Elections in Nigeria are characterized by uncertainties, due to the possibility of election-related violence. Election-related violence may take place at different stages of the electoral process: before, during or after elections. During the 2003 Federal and States election in...

OPINION: DR GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN, THE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY PRESIDENT NIGERIA NEEDS

Fellow Nigerians, as we go out on Saturday the 28th of March 2015 in the presidential poll, we shall remember we all need a Nigeria where we are all stake holders and part takers. We need an equal opportunity Nigeria where...

‎OPINION: PRINCE OTU, LEST WE FORGET

Twelve years ago, 2003 to be precise, Odukpani Local Government Area, particularly New Netim, was a killing field.   Those who were lucky to survive the rampaging thugs who were hired to enforce the election of Prince Bassey Otu into the...

OPINION: THE REALITY OF DANKWAMBO’S SECOND COMING

As the 2015 polls draws nearer, pundits, activist and political observers alike have been redrawing some of their political theories, projections and forecast as it concerns numerous political gladiators and heavyweights as fresh evidence and new political alignments take...

OPINION: JONATHAN AND ALMAJIRI’S EMPOWERMENT

The word Almajiri emanated from the Arabic word AL-MUHAJIRIN, meaning emigrant while in Hausa, the term it refers to a person irrespective of gender, who begs for assistance on the streets, from house to house, as a result of...