Opinion

OPINION DELTA 2015 GUBER: APC ZONES GOVERNORSHIP TO DELTA CENTRAL?

In a bid to outwit the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which, by all permutation for all appears to have “zoned” its governorship ticket to the Delta North Senatorial zone of the State, the All Progessives Congress (APC) may have...

OPINION: ALIYU: CELEBRATING A SERVANT LEADER AT 59

A true leader is does not really need a title to exude best standard leadership quality. A true leader must follow his people because he is their servant. A true leader must understand the concept of servant leadership and...

OPINION: RE: NO LETTING UP FIGHT TO END POLIO

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OPINION: MY CHIBOK SISTERS

I am forcing back tears as I write this letter considering the agonies you all are facing daily. Friday, 31st October 2014, makes it 200 days you all have been in captivity in faraway Sambisa Forest in North Eastern part...

OPINION: A DANGEROUS NON-DEBATE

Nigerians ought to be having an urgent, indeed fundamental, debate about the very direction of their much-troubled country. Instead, I fear that too many of us are content to frolic as Nigeria burns, to engage in lazy bandying about...

OPINION: OPEN LETTER TO GENERAL BUHARI [RETD] ON 2015 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

1. Majority of politicians who encourage you to re-contest in 2015 do not share in your vision. Most of them, especially Hausa Fulani politicians, want to ride on your popularity to victory politically. Today, even Mallam El Rufai who...

OPINION: LAGOS 2015: A FAIR CONTEST, PRIMARY PLEASE

Just like in 2007, the smear campaign and mudslinging has begun to be tarred on Lagos irrepressible politician and grassroots mobilizer, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, over his renewed bid to run for the office of the governor of Lagos State. Though...

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

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...