Opinion

OPINION: POLICY STABILITY: THE OVER RIDING INGREDIENT FOR VISIBLE DEVELOPMENT

A study of all countries that moved from third world to first world shows they all had one thing in common . They maintained the same economic policy for a period of about 20 to 30 years. If Jonathan completes...

OPINION: PRESIDENCY: WILL THE IJAW EVER SUPPORT NDIGBO?

In a famous article deservedly syndicated in the Nigerian newspapers as well as social media entitled "Ndigbo and support for Jonathan", C. Don Adinuba, a respected public affairs and communication consultant, wondered why Governor Serieka Dickson of Bayelsa State...

OPINION: APC AND ITS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

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1. Since the Slogan of APC is ‘Change’, the questions most Nigerians who are not emotionally attached to APC may ask could be ‘change from what to what and who are the people that will bring about the change?...

OPINION: NETANYAHU’S POLICIES ARE FUELING ANTI-SEMITISM

I am no longer surprised by what Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu says or does. No leader with any pride and sensitivity would have tried to exploit for political gain the tragic deaths of four French Jews who were assassinated...

OPINION: AGENDA FOR PEACE WITH M.R.RIGHTS: WHY INSECURITY CANNOT BE TAMED

There is need to review the current mode of policing and security in Nigeria and other African nations. It is very crucial at this point because insecurity is everywhere and there seems to be no way out. Police and...

OPINION: 22 MILLION SHOES FOR THE SHOELESS PRESIDENT

One would have thought President Goodluck "Ebele" Jonathan was a student of "Machiavellianism", if he were a political scientist. A pip at the book; The Prince, written by Niccolo Machiavelli mirrors Mr President's deceit, deviousness, ambition, and of course,...

OPINION: GOVERNOR AKPABIO, HIS FAMILY AND THE THIRD TERM AGENDA FOR AKWA IBOM STATE

Make no mistake about it, governor Godswill Obot Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State, his wife and his entire family are bent on ensuring that their lineage maintains it's prevailing monstrous grip over the resources and affairs of the state...

OPINION: THE PRESIDENT, CORRUPTION AND TECHNOLOGY

I promise you if you vote for me and I come back and serve this country in the next four years, the next persons that will become the president of this country will not talk about corruption because we...

OPINION: NIGERIA-CAMPAIGN OF RELIGION AND ETHNICITY

Politics is the soul of leadership and the art of government. It is a game with many colours that has outlived generations and has become the only gateway to power by the people. As political parties intensify their efforts in...

OPINION: REVISITING THE ECONOMY IN 1984 AND 2014: BUHARINOMICS VERSUS JONATHANOMICS

The elections are here again. Predictably, the two leading candidates are the incumbent, President Goodluck Jonathan, and former military head of state, Gen. Buhari, who has fast established himself as a recurring decimal in recent Presidential contests. Given that...