Opinion

OPINION: TRAPPED IN THEIR PUBLIC NARRATIVE

The Palestinians’ constant acrimonious public narrative against Israel has and continues to damage their credibility in the eyes of many Israelis. The Palestinian Authority, not to speak of Hamas, seems to want to win the public relations campaign with...

OPINION: NOTES FROM CHIME’S RECONCILIATION WITH EKWEREMADU

As dirty as the brand of politics practiced in this country may be, there are some moral lessons we occasionally gain from it. Though paradoxical, the reality remains that from this game we choose to describe as 'dirty,' comes...

OPINION: BETWEEN CBN AND THE FREE FALL OF NAIRA

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Following the drastic response by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to the free fall of Naira against the United States Dollars, tongues are now waging on why such a fist clinching measure should be adopted in a pre-election...

OPINION: THE SLID IN CRUDE PRICE; THE INTERESTS, THE QUAKES AND EFFECTS

Commodity traders are responsible for oil prices by bidding on oil futures contracts. These contracts are basically agreements to buy or sell oil at a specific date in the future for an agreed-upon price. These futures contracts are executed on...

OPINION: NIGERIA TEACHER’S SALARIES AS THE MAIN REASON FOR REJECTION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTONOMY BY THE GOVERNORS

Nothing among the proposed amendments to Nigeria constitution has generated argument more than the issue of local government autonomy. Apart from the local governments, the proposed amendments intend to grant autonomy to the state judiciaries as well as the...

OPINION: AFRICA TO PUSH DEVELOPMENT AGENDA AT UPCOMING CLIMATE SUMMIT

There is no country in the world that has been unaffected by climate change, and no continent in the world has been more affected than Africa – and that state of affairs appears unlikely to change anytime soon. If global...

OPINION: OBASANJO’S WATCH OVER ANAMBRA STATE

‘Nigeria’s condition today under your watch is, however, too dangerous for silence.’ – Chinua Achebe to then President Olusegun Obasanjo Chief Olusegun Obasanjo’s memoirs entitled ‘My Watch’ has just been published and launched. Back in time, he had published My...

OPINION: ANDY BRIGGS AND THE DANGER OF SINGING THE HATE SONG

We have witnessed different strands of campaigns of calumny as we head towards the 2015 General Election. However, a supporter of Magnus Abe who defected to the camp of Dakuku Peterside following the order by the Emperor of APC...

OPINION: IF I WERE A GUBER ASPIRANT IN IMO STATE

In fact, one of the constant injunctions given to us in a doctorate class of 1979 at the North Texas State University by one of our professors, Dr. H. L. Thames is this, "always use your education to foster...

OPINION: MOUNTAIN LIFE ON MOUNTAIN DAY 2014

It may be that, more than any other terrain, mountain regions exemplify a particular paradox – that of dense poverty coexisting with a special potential for transformative prosperity. The conditions that create mountain people’s impoverishment are rooted both in local...