Opinion

2015: HOW PDP CAMPAIGNS FOR GENERAL BUHARI

In actions and deeds PDP and handlers of President Jonathan have been making silly and unpardonable mistakes that have continued to add millions of votes to candidate GMB without knowing it. Hours on end these guys continue to add...

OPINION: CHIBOK: THE UNTOLD STORY

Despite coming from a poor home in the desperately poor village of Jajeel in Borno State, Hannatu Ishaku, 16, always had big dreams. As early as when she was 10, she promised herself that she would be the first...

OPINION: 2015: FAYOSE, A GOVERNOR WITHOUT HONOUR

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OPINION: THE GATHERING STORM AND THE NIGERIAN STATE AFTER 2015

Bayelsa state recently played host to a meeting of ex-militants with some stakeholders to discuss issues that participants find pressing. Among these issues are the follow up on post amnesty, peace of the country, anti-poverty agenda for the region,...

OPINION: POLITICS ACCORDING TO THE PROGRESSIVES

An opposition party represents an alternative government and is responsible for challenging the policies of the government and producing different policies where appropriate. Dr. Asnake Kefale, a politics professor at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia postulated that: "In Africa, opposition parties...

OPINION: AKWA IBOM 2015 GUBER: UNDERSTANDING THE STOOGE NARRATIVE

It is the season of the long knives once again. That time when the soapbox becomes the oratory of power. Well, power seeking humans. It is the period when a careless whisper, rumors sprung and truth beheaded could become...

OPINION: PDP’S LEGACY TO NIGERIANS AFTER 16 YEARS IN POWER IS ONE OF BOKO HARAM, TERRORISM, GENOCIDE AND HOOLIGANISM

HE PDP AND ITS CULTURE OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE The PDP is instigating violence against itself and blaming it on the APC. The snipers former President Olusegun Obasanjo warned us all about in his open letter to President Goodluck Jonathan have...

OPINION: NIGERIAN NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER DASUKI BREAKS DOWN THE 2015 ELECTIONS AND SECURITY THREATS

Events in our recent history have thrust us into the glare of world attention in ways that have not always reflected us in our best light. The paradox of modern Nigeria is that while we have proudly emerged as...

OPINION: THE BUHARI/OSINBAJO TICKET: PARADIGM OF VIRTUOSITY, COMPETENCE AND GOOD GOVERNANCE

As a Nigerian, I have found myself amazed by the sheer hypocrisy of the Jonathan-led administration with regard to the particular aspect of directly impacting the lives of the citizens through poverty alleviation policies and combating the seemingly implacable...

OPINION: Buhari vs Jonathan: Beyond the Election

I need to preface this article with a few clarifications. I have taken a long sabbatical leave from partisan politics, and it is real fun watching the drama from the balcony. Having had my own share of public service...