Opinion

OPINION: THE FERGUSON ANGUISH, A PRODUCT OF THE SUPREMACY OF THE DRED SCOTT DECISION—BLACKS NOT AS WORTHY AS WHITES

The Ferguson outcome is just another reminder of the existing rift between whites and blacks in racialized America. As far as the psyche of white America is concerned, it appears that black people, no matter their geographical background, do...

OPINION: HOW NETANYAHU COMMITTED POLITICAL SUICIDE

Prime Minster Netanyahu's insistence on passing a bill that will define Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people is as disgraceful as his denial that Israel is not an occupying power. If the bill were to pass now...

OPINION: GRAND JURY: USA PASSION FOR GUNS NOT FOR BLACKS

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Americans Courts did not trust Jury with cases until later. One African lie once told us; in Texas you don’t walk the streets with your hands in your pockets, because someone might shoot you before you shoot him. Americans...

OPINION: OPEN LETTER TO THE CHAIRMAN, THE NIGERIAN COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (NCC)

UNSOLICITED AND UNWARRANTED CALLS AND TEXT MESSAGES TO OUR PHONES I want to use this medium to bring to your notice the varieties of unsolicited calls and text messages to our phones on daily basis. Its so sad that with the...

OPINION: WE INSIST ON A GREATER LAGOS

Recently in the media and in the weeks building up to the February 28,‎ 2015 crucial elections in Lagos state, a squad of keyboard assassins with their paid pens trained on Senator Musiliu Obanikoro have emerged and will continue...

OPINION: WHEN CHIEF DURO ONABULE HAD A MEMORY LAPSE

Scientists have told us that people of all ages experience inconvenient and, sometime, embarrassing memory lapses. That is the reason I may have to cut Chief Duro Onabule some slack in this rejoinder to his column on The Sun...

OPINION: NIGERIA: DIVIDED NATION, BREAKUP INEVITABLE

The possible breakup of Nigeria brings on the bone-shaking shivers doctors call rigors. Many writers have detailed how Nigeria is bursting at the seams with ethno-religious, political and economic problems waiting to explode. However, the apostles of one Nigeria...

OPINION: LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTONOMY AND THE PROPOSED INDEFINITE STRIKE BY NIGERIAN TEACHERS

The demand for autonomy in the local governments of Nigeria has always been in the front burner of political discussions since the beginning of this republic in 1999. The heat on it has been hotter since the national assembly...

OPINION: THE MISTAKES WOULD-BE JONATHAN’S PRESIDENTIAL HANDLERS SHOULD NEVER MAKE

In the coming weeks, active political activities for next year’s General Elections will kick start fully and officially! It will be a time to expect the unexpected. A time for massive defections from one party to another in furtherance...

OPINION: LETTER TO OBIANO ON APGA PRIMARIES

Congratulations on your latest victory at the courts. Here’s hoping that yet another disgruntled fellow will not come up with a new suit; chagrined, perhaps, about how ably you’ve piloted the affairs of the state thus far. Be rest...