Opinion

OPINION: WHO’S AFRAID OF BUHARI? THUGS AND THIEVES LIKE FEMI FANI-KAYODE AND AYODELE FAYOSE

As the presidential election enters its critical phase, the air is thick with accusation and counter-accusations about the candidates. In what is now a desperation for Mr. Jonathan that he's loosing the edge, he and his attack dogs are...

OPINION: OUR TIME BECKONS: OPEN LETTER TO RT. HON IFEANYI UGWUANYI

Please accept our warmest congratulations on being selected as the PDP gubernatorial standard-bearer for Enugu State. It's such a privilege that someone from our zone is selected for the governorship position under the Peoples Democratic Party for the first...

OPINION: NINE REASONS WHY I AM OFFENDED BY JONATHAN

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Is President Jonathan fading to dust? There is so much to write about him. He is the man that sits on our treasury for the good of few that are bigger than the law. The ongoing electoral campaign is getting...

OPINION: CHUKWUMA SOLUDO: SERVING A DIET OF HALF TRUTHS, OUTRIGHT LIES AND SELF SERVING PROPAGANDA

Dealing with the Professor’s Selective Amnesia Without doubt, Professor Charles Soludo is a brilliant macro-economists and public intellectual. It appears however, that the Professor suffers from an incurable tendency to emasculate reason; intellect and good judgement when his ambition and...

OPINION: BUHARI AND JONATHAN: SEPARATING FACT FROM FICTION

As Nigeria prepares to elect her next president by February 14, 2015, the flurry of activities in the nation’s political arena has taken on an interesting dimension. Political parties continue to bombard the electorate with manifestos while also launching...

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

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...