Opinion

OPINION: EDO CONFLICT: OSHIOMHOLE AND PARADIGM SHIFT

In recognizing governors as the chief security officers of their states, the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria expects that they will use their offices to protect lives and property within their states. In doing this, the...

OPINION: THE NOI POLLS AND A RESURGENT JONATHAN

President Goodluck Jonathan has taken quite a few knocks. That is the unalloyed truth; Boko Haram; the Chibok girls abduction; an unenviable record as the first President in Nigeria to be dubbed "clueless," and a tendency to be unbelievably...

OPINION: VICTOR OCHEI, DEFYING THE ODDS IN DELTA STATE POLITICS

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There is a rising phenomenon taking place in Delta State politics as we speak. An illustrious son of Delta State who has the rare ability to bring people from diverse backgrounds and spheres of influence in society together has...

OPINION: JAILING THEIR “EXCELLENCIES”

A piece of heartening political news came out of Nigeria last week. No, it was not the Federal Government’s proclamation last Friday that it had reached an immediate ceasefire agreement with the Islamist insurgents known as Boko Haram—a name that...

OPINION: I WILL NOT VOTE FOR MR. SULLIVAN CHIME IF I AM IN ENUGU IN 2015

My vote is usually influenced by three factors when I vote. 1. The candidate’s personal integrity 2. The candidate’s perceived ability to lead, listen and change/grow 3. The candidate’s vision Mr. Sullivan Chime fails on all three criteria. On the candidate’s personal integrity. Mr. Sullivan...

OPINION: UDOM’S DECLARATION:A RALLY OF HONOUR

When God decides to honour a man after His heart even his enemy have no option that to bow to God's decision (Esther 6v7-14). According to the story Mordecai was honored as prescribed by Haman (evil enemy of the...

OPINION: THE RAIDS ON NIGERIAN ROADS

A new wave of terrorism is blowing away many Nigerians. State-supported raids on Nigerian roads are happening. Drivers and other road users are passing through harrowing experiences on Nigerian roads and there is no evidence that persons that have...

OPINION: IF NIGERIANS CAN SO CAN AMERICANS CONQUER EBOLA HYSTERIA

Americans stand more chances of dying from Flu, Avian or Enterovirus and even lightning than from Ebola. The fear is few might die from the public anxiety of Ebola than from the disease as Duncan’s U.S family proved healthy...

OPINION: BUHARI AND THE POLITICS OF FEAR MONGERING

Former military dictator and presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari, is continuing his trademark politics of bitterness, blackmail and fear mongering. At a Northern stakeholders' meeting of the APC, held on Saturday, October 18,...

OPINION: IS THE JONATHAN WAR A CIVIL WAR PROVOKED BY BOKO HARAM ON BEHALF OF MANY DEHUMANIZED AND HOPELESS NIGERIANS, IN THE NORTH ESPECIALLY?

Mr. President, right there in Abuja, and all over the nooks and corners of Nigeria, in the mornings especially, you see young men just sitting on the ground of Nigerian streets, seated under short trees, at the base of...