Opinion

OPINION: IS RIBADU FIASCO OF 2011 ABOUT TO BE REPEATED?

During the 2011 election cycle Mr. Ribadu who was considered reasonably clean, joined ACN, a Yoruba Party, and won the right to fly its flag as the presidential candidate for ACN. Many of us were surprised because Mr. Ribadu...

OPINION: WANTED: MAXIMUM SECURITY FOR GENERAL BUHARI

I am shouting from the rooftop, I am screaming from Mount Everest, I am speaking to anybody who care to listen that maximum security should be provided for General Muhammadu Buhari, the Presidential candidate of APC to avoid the...

OPINION: DELTA 2015 GUBER: THE CHALLENGE BEFORE THE UPU

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By my understanding of the unambiguous Ovwiamughe Declaration, the thrust of Urhobo interest in the Delta state 2015 governorship, the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) went overboard when it staged the very belated selection of sole Urhobo aspirant for the...

OPINION: NIGERIANS NEED A PIN TO THE BUTTOCKS

Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. Martin Luther King, Jr. Her name, simply Mama Ebuke, an Ebonyi woman, she has known nothing but suffering carrying wares from one street to the other,...

WHY DELAY MARRIAGE AND ENJOY SEX?

A friend of mine after my last paper sent me a message via Facebook. "Congratulations Haywhy, after school, what next?" I calmly replied: "Marriage of course" and he answered with "why rushing" and then I said, if I die today, will you...

OPINION: FEMI ARIBISALA: WHY BUHARI WILL NEVER BE PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA

On Friday, 23rd August, 1985, the military government of Major-General Muhammadu Buhari decided to place me under arrest. My crime was that I wrote, among others, an article entitled: “Counter-trading Nigeria’s Future” in the National Concord, exposing the government’s...

OPINION: 2015 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: FORCES OF CHANGE VS. FORCES OF STATUS QUO

The nomination of General Muhammadu Buhari as the All Progressive Congress (APC) Party candidate for the 2015 presidential election rang out with traditional fervor and glad thunder of applause. President Goodluck Jonathan is the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate....

OPINION: DEALING WITH POLITICAL DECEPTION & THE RHETORICAL EXCESSES OF THE NIGERIAN POLITICIAN

There is no doubt that election time in Nigeria is usually heralded by high level of political activities. Usually, Politicians at this time can make promises of anything of no real benefit, which nevertheless, makes people feel better. But...

OPINION: CONFRONTING CENTURIES OF CORRUPTION

In more than a decade since the end of its military rule, Nigeria has made significant strides toward solidifying itself as a bastion of democracy. Today, Nigeria prides itself as a country with open elections and freedom of the...

OPINION: IF IT IS ABOUT CHANGING NIGERIA; THE CHOICE OF APC AND GENERAL MUHAMMADU BUHARI’S VP

1. I am humbled to join my voice with many Nigerians and party faithful on the need for our great party to consider some very pivotal points on the selection of who is best to be the running mate...