Opinion

OPINION: CLONING TAMBUWAL LIKE RIBADU

Nigeria’s opposition party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), happens to be a clone of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The pity is that clones do not live long, as exemplified by Dolly the Sheep, the first cloned mammal. Dolly...

OPINION: AS THE RAIN OF RELENTLESS REBELLION AND ASSORTED CRISES POURS ON PRESIDENT JONATHAN, COULD SUPPORTIVE THERAPY HELP?

Several people have asked me about the many pressures facing the Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, and if these pressures call for the need of some form of supportive and mental health therapy. President Jonathan, have been known to have gotten...

OPINION: THE BLOOD OF THE CHILDREN, THE SHAME OF A NATION

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Forty nine innocent little boys were butchered by Boko Haram in their schools on 10th November 2014 as they resumed class in Yobe state. The question must be asked: is there any limit to the depravity of these monsters...

OPINION: DEMOCRACY FOR SALE IN NIGERIA

A couple of weeks ago there was a story about Mr. Buhari weeping about the high cost of buying the APC nomination forms (N27.5 million). It was alleged that he had to take out a loan to do so....

OPINION: 2015: IS JONATHAN REALLY THE MAN TO BEAT?

On the eleventh day of the eleventh month of the year 2014, history was made as President Good luck Ebele Jonathan finally declared his intention to seek reelection in the coming February 14, 2015 Presidential Election. He said: “After...

OPINION: THE HUNTERS, THE WITCHES AND THE NIGERIAN ARMY

The Indians have a proverb that literally means, "Your future does not depend on the lines of your hands, because people who do not have hands also have a future". It means, it is better to do your work...

OPINION: CDS ALEX BADEH AND THE FIFTH COLUMNIST

In a statement at a conference issued by the Chief Of Defence Staff (CDS) Air Marshal Alex Badeh on 8th October, 2014, described "Fifth Columnist" as moles in Nigerian Armed Forces responsible for the conflicting stories that emanates from...

OPINION: JOB CREATION: THE WONDERS OF SURE-P

Amidst the uproar that followed the partial removal of fuel subsidy in January of 2012 came the announcement that a new federal government programme would be created to ease the effect of government’s decision on the average Nigerian. When...

OPINION: FAYOSE: 54 GARLANDS TO A QUINTESSENTIAL LEADER AT 54

On the 15th day of November 1960, Ibadan, the second largest city on the continent of Africa welcomed the birth of a new baby. What has happened to the baby? Please do not ask how he transformed a boy to...

OPINION: SUSWAM: CELEBRATING A GOLD FISH AT 50

It is another time to again celebrate an icon in the person of the Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswam. The celebration is however unique this time around as Suswam is turned 50, that unique milestone of stacking five decades...