Opinion

OPINION: LEADER SHEKAU, WHAT IF THE 2015 NIGERIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WAS OPEN TO YOU? WOULD THAT BE ENOUGH?

Leader Abubakar Shekau, for the sake of Prophet Muhammad, what if the Nigerian Presidency election was open to you? Would that be enough for you? Sir, just a short while after a full video of you was seen around the...

OPINION: PRESIDENT JONATHAN REPEATS BROKEN PROMISES FOR 2015 REELECTION

This is the 6th year the polyglot nation of a tens of thousands ethnic nationalities have been looking up to President Goodluck Jonathan for political and economic redemption. Unfortunately for the people, the salvation they seek seems merely blighted...

OPINION: AS JONATHAN SETS BENCHMARK ON CLEAN CAMPAIGNS…

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Reactions to what was a hugely successful declaration by the Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, early in the week, may not come to an end anytime soon. The President, who was popularly elected by the Nigerian people in April 2011,...

OPINION: THE FALLACY OF THE GAZA WITHDRAWAL

The Netanyahu government has forcefully and consistently promulgated the notion that Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza in 2005, its subsequent takeover by Hamas, and the violence emanating from it strongly suggest that the Palestinians aim for Israel’s destruction rather than...

OPINION: SLUM IN OIL PRICES: A PROGRESSIVE WAY OUT

Awash in the great tide of politics, we must not forget why politics can be a noble endeavor. It leads to governance. When done correctly, governance can reform a nation and improve the lot of the people. In the...

OPINION: OKEY NDIBE’S EPIPHANY

Okey Ndibe, your article on how Chinua Achebe saved you from James Hadley Chase makes me put on a green and white thinking hat. Achebe you said awakened your cultural sensibilities. You regurgitated how awesome it felt to be...

OPINION: LIKE IDRISS DEBY’S CEASEFIRE, LIKE STEPHEN DAVIS’ CLAIM

From the blues came Dr. Stephen Davis, an Australian hostage negotiator with some claim to add up to the high-piling conspiracy theories on Boko Haram, in what is rocking the country to its foundation even more than the murders...

OPINION: 2015 ELECTIONS AND THE FUTURE OF NIGERIA

At a recent open and free discussion with a group of educated, experienced and exposed Nigerians most of whom are in responsible positions in the civil and public service, the media and the industry, our deliberations quickly shifted to...

OPINION: OCHEI AT WADATA PLAZA- MATTERS ARISING

If inanimate objects could speak, perhaps the Peoples Democratic Party Headquarters (Wadata Plaza), located along Michael Okpara Street, Wuse Zone 5, Abuja would have verbally acknowledged Thursday, November 6, 2104 as a symbolic day, as Rt Hon (Engr) Victor...

OPINION: GOVERNOR OBIANO – WEATHERING THE STORM OF BETRAYAL IN ANAMBRA STATE

The cross is the symbol of the passion of Jesus Christ in Christendom. It represents Christ's tribulations, culminating in his physical bearing of the wooden cross in a procession, customary to the ancient Roman Empire, derogatorily preserved for thieves...