Opinion

OPINION: NWOGU, OKOROCHA AND BUHARI’S CERTIFICATE TRAVESTY

All Progressives Congress candidate for Ngor Okpala and Aboh Mbaise Federal Constituency Imo state, Matthew Nwogu and the party's Imo Governorship and presidential candidates in the forthcoming election, Owelle Rochas Okorocha and General Muhammadu Buhari seem to have something...

OPINION: THE CHANGE WE MUST REJECT

We are in a season of change. Or so would those who want change for its sake would want us to believe. It is a season where sloganeering seeks trump reason as we are collectively being harassed to turn...

OPINION: NIGERIAN VOTERS ARE NOT FOOLS

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Nigeria's leadership crisis is a frustrating detail. The country has seen unprecedented revenue in recent years from the oil sector. The country has also become the largest economy in Africa, with overnight billionaires everywhere. Yet, the ordinary man or...

OPINION: SOLUDO: A SQUARE PEG IN A ROUND HOLE

It is the season of recycling. The twilight of next month's general elections - including the presidential election is flushing out failed politicians from their hideout to make a last ditched effort at positioning for plum offices that could...

OPINION: NIGERIA’S GENERAL ELECTIONS–THE FEAR OF “I LOVE YOU”

When the shadow of a tree is bent, you don't aim to straighten the shadow, you go for the tree and the leave the shadow... The much talked about February is upon us, finally we are simply counting down the...

OPINION: “SOLUDO, THE SOLUTION!”

Charles Soludo’s contemporaries say that, as an undergraduate, he came up with this rather fine slogan: Soludo is the solution, when he vainly contested for the secretary-generalship of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Students’ Union. In 2010, he again...

OPINION: THE TRAGIC TEAR IN US-ISRAEL RELATIONS

There is no doubt that Prime Minister Netanyahu's acceptance of House Speaker John Boehner's invitation to address a joint session of Congress on Iran is extraordinarily damaging to Israel-US relations. The damage, however, transcends the bilateral relations as it...

OPINION: 2015 ELECTIONS: CIVIL SERVICE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORM

The 2015 elections are a few days away. The political parties and candidates are moving across the country campaigning. They are making a lot of promises and commitments. The fulfilment of these promises require an effective, efficient and performing...

OPINION: THE CANARDS OF CONTINUITY AND CHANGE

In less than two weeks, Nigerians will unveil a new future for themselves. Or—to be more accurate—a new future will be unfurled for us. That future will be characterized either as "Continuity" or "Change," depending on whether President Goodluck...

OPINION: UGWUANYI AND THE WIND OF RECONCILIATION IN ENUGU

The outset of the process for nominating the governorship candidate of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), Enugu state, had produced a motley crowd of aspirants. The prediction then was that, if not properly managed, the entire exercise was bound...