Opinion

OPINION: BEFORE THE ELECTION: AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT JONATHAN OF NIGERIA.

A recent publication of the federal allocation of projects by political zones in Nigeria was an eye opener. According to the Daily Trust Newspaper, published December 31, 2014, the Niger Delta received a lion's share of the ₦1.6 trillion...

OPINION: A MOMENTOUS OPPORTUNITY TO EMBRACE THE ARAB PEACE INITIATIVE

The Arab Peace Initiative (API) presents an unprecedented and vital opportunity to change the course of events in the Middle East by realizing an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement in the context of a comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace. At no time since...

OPINION: JONATHAN’S IGBO INTERNET WARRIORS ARE A DISGRACE TO HUMANITY

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The Igbo Internet thugs who campaign for Goodluck Jonathan are an utter disgrace to humankind. They are, indeed, a strange species of homo sapiens. Maybe, they are a hybrid of homo erectus and home sapiens! Their actions are hardly...

OPINION: QUALIFICATION FOR PRESIDENT: HONESTY OR HYPOCRISY

Qualification for President short of honesty is Much Ado About Nothing or banza. Hypocrisy as high-tech public relation machines is deployed, by politicians to propagate and confuse voters. Even in relatively fair election progress is stifled by indoctrination. Africa...

OPINION: “JE SUIS CHARLIE” AND NIGERIAN ENVY

On January 7, two gunmen stormed—later identified as Islamist activists of Algerian descent—stormed the editorial headquarters of “Charlie Hebdo,” an irreverent, anti-religious weekly publication. In an attack that seemed to be over in a flash, the gunmen executed 12...

OPINIONS: ARE NIGERIAN CHRISTIANS BANES OR ANTIDOTES TO GOOD GOVERNANCE?

The occurrences and situations in my country Nigeria and reactions of some adherents of Christianity, especially in relation to the upcoming election and their divisive assertion cum wrong information, passed to the gullible ones spur me to ask myself...

OPINION: APC AND THE ‘SETTLED’ ISSUE OF BUHARI’S CERTIFICATE

The dismissive manner with which Lai Mohammed, the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, sat on Channels Television on Thursday, January 22, 2015, and told Nigerians that the issue of General Muhammadu Buhari's West African School Certificate...

OPINION: BUHARI’S PRESIDENTIAL GAMBLE

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Choice of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari as its presidential candidate is an attempt to Set up Nigeria in flames and carve a separate Nation out of its 6 geopolitical zones. Even though senator Bola Ahmed...

OPINION: IN ENUGU, GLADIATORS UNITE FOR UGWUANYI

All roads, literally, led to Ikem last Monday as the long-awaited governorship campaign of Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi took off to a rousing start. The choice of the once-sleepy headquarters of Isi Uzo Local Government Area is somewhat strategic: nothing...

OPINION: WHAT THE ‘GODS’ SAY ABOUT FEBRUARY 14TH ELECTIONS

Another way to look at conflicts is to try to find a WIN-WIN solution, in which both sides can benefit. In this way, conflicts are turned into opportunities to grow and make things better. This approach is the cornerstone...