Opinion

OPINION: BUHARI: BETWEEN MILITANCY AND LEADERSHIP

"We are confident that a General Mohammadu Buhari presidency would probe these agencies and divert all stolen revenue back to the development of the region and Nigeria as a whole". These were the words contained in the declaration of...

OPINION: JONATHAN OR BUHARI: SOUTH EAST AND IGBO HOLD THE TRUMP CARD FOR 2015 ELECTION

The Igbo people around the country and South East political zone in particular will ultimately decide who will be next Nigerian president. The arithmetic is quite easy to understand and the only zone that does not necessary connected directly...

OPINION: ELECTIONS AND NIGERIA’S HUMAN RIGHTS LANDSCAPE

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January 2015 is a landmark month in Nigeria’s political annals because the leading political parties namely the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) will spend the whole of it traversing the length and breath of...

OPINION: JONATHAN’S TRIUMPHS AND ERRORS

President Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan can now see clearly his triumphs and errors as the 2015 general election firmly stirs him in the face. Now, he is striving militantly with a burning sense of mission anew - for himself...

OPINION: ITINERARY OF FIRST LADY’S OHUHU HOME-COMING

Ohuhu people are historically believed to originate from Ngwa people, who designate all non-Ngwa people as Ohuhu, particularly Umuahia people. The Ohuhu clan is bordered by Obowo to the North, by Bende to the east, by Umuopara to the...

OPINION: JONATHAN’S SUN SETS IN THE EAST

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has missed being the sun of the nation's life and that of the pit of degradation, called the Niger Delta. Everlasting night has settled upon Nigeria, spurred by moral bankruptcy and the clueless chaos of his...

OPINION: A RISK OF NIGERIA’S INTERNATIONAL ISOLATION?

In recent weeks and, especially since the selection of the 72 years old, former Military Head of State, Pa. General Muhammadu Buhari as APC presidential candidate, I have repeatedly found myself disappointed, angry and in despair at the low...

OPINION: BOOMER/HIPPIES WHO RECALL DECADES OLD DRUGS & SEX CULTURE

The law of advantageous relationships does recognize the uneven power between two sides: but can one claim to be a victim of his or her own culture decades after? Some powerful rich men took advantage of the young and...

OPINION: CHOOSING BETWEEN A NOVEL PROMISE OR NEW PERIL

Throughout the 48 years of Israeli occupation, both Israelis and Palestinians have adopted and implemented policies in an effort to buttress their positions when in fact these policies have proven to be dangerously counterproductive and have now come back...

OPINION: OPEN LETTER TO GENERAL MUHAMMADU BUHARI

Since I heard that the All Progressives Congress (APC) voted you in as its presidential candidate, I have been worried about so many issues, some of which I will mention, but others I will raise at other fora. To start...