Opinion

OPINION: WHY IS APC DESTROYING OUR BEST?

We wish to advert the attention of  members and supporters of All Progressives Congress (APC) world-wide on what has become a painful recurring development in the progressives' rank led by Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. We are forced to make this known...

OPINION: AMERICA’S DOUBLE STANDARD ON THE BOKO HARAM INSURGENCY

In Africa there is a saying that no matter how confident the hen gets, the time comes when a mighty gust of winds exposes its rump. This is clearly the case with America with regards to the ongoing insurgency in...

OPINION: NIGERIA, THE WEST AND FRANCOPHONE WEST AFRICA CONSPIRACY

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Long before the Boko Haram crisis reached the present crescendo, a former American Marine combatant, believed to be an accredited diplomat, managing one of the world's largest private intelligence organisations, Gordon Duff; writing in an American publication, Veterans Today, had weaved a...

OPINION: APPRAISING JONATHAN’S LEADERSHIP CHARACTER

In assessing a political leader, the primary qualities to consider include the theoretical ideals of vision, commitment and political will. Then, of course, we take stock of the leader's capacity to deliver in terms of concrete achievements. A leader...

OPINION: A WORD FOR THE WISE AJIMOGOBIA (SAN)

Several stories of the subtle moves by 16 governorship aspirants under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to stop the people's choice Barrister Nyesom Ezenwo Wike from going ahead with his governorship aspiration endorsed by the people...

OPINION: IRONY OF THE RICHEST CONTINENT WITH THE POOREST PEOPLE

Africa has never been a poor continent, always a honeycomb. It has produced the richest and the most generous folks in history; while enriching others led to its own detriment. The richest human that ever lived was the Queen...

OPINION: THE BLACK FLAG OF TERROR AND THE BARBARIANS OF OUR TIME

36 innocent ''non-muslim'' souls were slaughtered in cold blood in Kenya on 2nd December by Al Shabab. Amongst them were defenceless women and children. The same thing happened in Kano, Nigeria four days earlier when over 200 innocent ''muslim''...

OPINION: WITCH AIRWAYS AND OTHER SAD TALES

Let me warn you, reader, in advance: If you have a squeamish constitution, please do not read this piece. Just stop here and flee, for the story I'm about to tell is terribly ugly and disturbing. It is bound...

OPINION: JONATHAN, NIGERIA, POLITICS, AND DEVELOPMENT

2015 is going to be the year Nigeria becomes a strong nation or the year Nigeria seizes to exist. Many experts including the USA CIA hold the later view, and these experts know how to read tea leaves. A...

OPINION: GIVE ME GENERAL BUHARI NOW!

I am one of the thousands of delegates across the country that will gather in Lagos, the centre of excellence, the glory of Nigeria, the land of aquatic splendor, the land of limitless possibilities and opportunities,the economic nerve centre,...