Opinion

OPINION: CAN MUST BE RECLAIMED!

It is apparently clear to all men of good conscience that the leadership of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), an umbrella body of the Christians in Nigeria has lost focus, decency and every moral qualification to continue to function...

OPINION: DR. OGBONNIA AJAH AS EBONYI EQUITY GOVERNOR IN 2015

Chief Dr. Ogbonnia Ajah was adopted by the Ezza nation as their son on 8th August, 2014 at a grand Obuji festival, an adoption event that is celebrated once in every ten years. This was specifically in the effort...

OPINION: ORPHANS INHERITANCE LOOTED DESPITE MANMADE & NATURAL DISASTERS

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When was the first time you saw that bumper sticker: Spending My Children Inheritance? It was supposed to be a joke on flashy expensive sport cars. Nowhere can that be real than in African countries, the richest Continent potentially,...

OPINION: CRISIS OF ECONOMICS or ECONOMIC CRISIS?

Why the global economy needs new economic thinking. (1) The beginning If you talk to one hundred people, one hundred and two are going to tell you that the global economy is highly imbalance and surely unsafe for all its inhabitants. Yet,...

OPINION: OKOGIE GOT IT RIGHT ON JONATHAN AND ORITSEJAFOR

Cardinal Anthony Olubunmi Okogie is a man of moral masculinity. He has been known to speak his mind on any issue.  I really think the government should be elastic enough to accommodate the views of such a renowned man...

OPINION: TAN, JONATHAN AND MANDELA SINGLE TERM

THERE is no stopping President Goodluck Jonathan from falling into the clairvoyance trap. Already, the presidency has reached the empty point. The timeless advice, "Say what you mean, and mean what you say",  which  must be preceded by knowing...

OPINION: GIVE US THAT PEOPLES’ GENERAL IN YOUR PARTY!

A Special Appeal to the All Progressives’ Congress National Delegates and Presidential Aspirants I write this appeal with strong words and all sense of modesty because the time has come for all good-lovers of Nigeria, who aren’t driven with financial...

OPINION: “AKPABIOISM”: THE BEGINNING OF THE END

Shortly after Godswill Akpabio was sworn in as the governor of Akwa Ibom State in 2007, his first official performance was to harass journalists. He hated and had a high disdain for any journalist who reported the truth, the...

OPINION: APOLOGIES TO THE PAST

Last Wednesday—the 54th anniversary of Nigeria's Independence—was a day of silence for me. I didn't have the stomach to leave any comment on Facebook or Twitter. Two or three friends and family members sent me texts of felicitation. Demure,...

OPINION: APC AND THE “FIGHT” FOR EBOLA CONTAINMENT CREDIT

In a recent newspaper advertisement, the All Progressives Congress (APC), through its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, copiously commended the Governors of Lagos and Rivers States for their successful achievements in containing the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)....