Opinion

OPINION: OBASANJO’S OMNIBUS OFFENSIVES

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo is on the warpath and he has launched an omnibus offensive. Virtually all Nigerians with a national profile are targets in his crosshairs. His latest salvo aims at diminishing members of the National Assembly and...

OPINION: NIGERIA POLICE AS AN INSTITUTION OF REPRESSION

Few days back President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan made a high profile appointment of a new Inspector General of police for Nigeria and ironically, the one who emerged is from almost the same local terrain in the North West of...

OPINION: WHAT DOES A NIGERIAN LEGISLATOR DO?

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The entire Nigerian state last week was treated to the movie "scaling gates"...a production of the legislative arm of government. The incident, which saw members of the House of Representatives locked out, attempt to get in, by scaling the gates...

OPINION: FCT POLITICS: SENATOR PHILIP ADUDA, THE TIME FOR REALIGNMENT OF POLITICAL FORCES IS NOW

The run-up to ruling People’s Democratic Party’s delegate election was particularly very interesting in the Federal Capital Territory . It was characterized by impunity, arm-twisting, betrayal, blackmail, disloyalty and misinformation. Senator Philip Aduda witnessed disloyalty and betrayal first hand...

OPINION: WHAT IF POLICE CHIEF, SULEIMAN ABBA, WAS TO DEFY THE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL PRESSURE TO INTERFERE WITH THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OF NIGERIA?

IGP Abba is on the verge of making his own piece of history in a style that is unbecoming of a professional police leader. Within a short space of time and in an absolutely incredible way he has questioned...

OPINION: PRESIDENT JONATHAN ACQUIRES TYRANNICAL SKILLS

I am in love with President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan for his tyrannical streak. He does it so perfectly, so cleanly, so evasively and remained absolutely detach from it. Except for the discerning minds who might trace the pinpricks or...

OPINION: DELTA 2015 GUBER: OCHEI’S BOUQUET OF DEVELOPMENTAL GOVERNANCE IN PERSPECTIVE

In the life of a people, there is always a time when pragmatic leadership is really an astounding index of societal transformation, devoid of revolutionary rhetoric but based on a prolific blue-print, which underscores the imperativeness of impacting the...

OPINION: DURO ONABULE AND HIS PHANTOM LADY

The events of the past few weeks have every one paying closer attention to news headlines; especially as it relates to the falling price of crude oil, the economy and how it all affects us as Nigerians, both in...

OPINION: RIVERS 2015: WHY WIKE WILL WIN

The race to occupy the Rivers Government House has become very clear. Even doubting Thomases now accept the obvious fact. The race is between Barrister Nyesom Ezenwo Wike and others. Even though, the real "others" are yet to be...

OPINION: A STANDING OVATION FOR OUR PRESIDENT-IN-WAITING: RABIU KWANKWASO, MR. CAPITAL PROJECTS AND MR. COMPASSION

#2015Kwankwaso A standing ovation for our President-in-waiting: Rabiu Kwankwaso, Mr. Capital Projects and Mr. Compassion Some sycophantic ignoramuses are working assiduously to portray our wonderful President Jonathan as the Christian President who is representing Christians and their interests. But nothing could...