Opinion

OPINION: THE KINGPIN, THE CAPO, AND THE CON ARTIST

The three characters are: Benjamin Netanyahu (Bibi), Likud Avigdor Lieberman (Yvet), Yisrael Beiteinu Naftali Bennett, Habayit HaYehudi   References are made to: Isaac Herzog (Buji), Zionist Camp Tzipi Livni, Zionist Camp Yair Lapid, Yesh Atid Moshe Kahlon, Kulanu Arye Dery, Shas Yaakov Litzman, United Torah Judaism Ayman Odeh, Hadash/Joint Arab List Zehava...

OPNION: MUSILIU OBANIKORO AND A BROKEN SENATE

A Broken Senate Without Insight And Oversight Means Musiliu Obanikoro Will Easily Scale Through Can Any Good Come Out Of David Mark's Senate?     WARNING: By the time you're reading this, Musiliu Obanikoro would have been confirmed by the Akindanidani Senators.   The...

OPNION: SO WHO DOESN’T WANT CHANGE IN NIGERIA TODAY?

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The only constant thing in life, as the age old aphorism goes, is change. Implied in this is the feeling that life is not static; it changes as it goes on. The most contentious word in Nigeria's political lexicon...

OPINION: GOVERNOR AKPABIO, SUPPORTING YOUR STOOGE IS NOT BY FORCE

As politicians and political parties in the country continue in their to campaign to lure the electorates preparatory to the rescheduled elections, governor Godswill Obot Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State and his stooge Udom Emmanuel have taken their insatiable...

OPINION: DANKWAMBO AND THE DRUMS OF VICTORY IN GOMBE

Empty vessels they say make the loudest cacophony while still waters run deep and this aptly sums up the different political styles and dimensions taken by Sen. Danjuma Goje the state APC leader in his desperate and envious move...

OPINION: CHIEF AHMED BOLA TINUBU AS AN OPPOSITE SYMBOL OF POSITIVE CHANGE

I hate fakes in my life.  I have never tolerated them and will never. My entire life was vested in the opposition in order to bring about succour to the underprivileged, to the poor, and to the victims of...

OPINION: THE NORTHERN INSURGENCY AND THE POLITICS OF THE PRESIDENT

The late maximum ruler and former Head of State, Gen Sani Abacha once said: ‘If insurgency lasts in any country more than two weeks, then the government must have hands in it”. If this statement is taken to be...

OPINION: THE PATIENCE STANDARD

Patience Jonathan, aka Dame Patience, aka First Lady, aka Dr. Chief (Mrs.), aka Mama Peace, has emerged as the standard for Nigeria’s current political season—with all the consequences and implications of that designation.   Nigeria has had its share of attention-grabbing...

OPINION: BOKO HARAM ON THE RUN PLEDGES SOS TO ISIS

It does not matter who wins the next election in Nigeria, Boko Haram has met its Waterloo at home and beyond its borders. It has never been about religion, it has always been about power. Boko Haram has been...

OPINION: STILL ON THE TOBACCO CONTROL BILL

In the middle of a vibrant electioneering campaign, it is likely that many people may have missed out on the implication of a recent advertorial by the Standards Organisation of Nigeria, SON. In the said advertorial, SON advised Nigerians...