Tag: opinion
Political Appointees: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
By Tayo Ogunbiyi Relying on his constitutional power to hire and fire, President Goodluck Jonathan recently sacked nine members of…
Curtailing Criminality In Nigeria
By Tayo Demola The rate of crime in Nigeria such as rape, kidnapping, armed robbery and other forms of criminal…
The True Spirit Of An Enterpreneur
By Okoko Chidozie The engine of development of any nation is the ability of her people to transform ideas into…
The Politics Of Headcounts In Nigeria
By Kanayo Esinulo What I have done this week is merely to reproduce, word for word, without any editing whatsoever,…
2015 Election Versus The Call For National Conference
By Godwin Onyeacholem For the genuinely selective compatriots as well as foreign observers who are immune to delusion, the painful…
A Tale Of Two Factions
By Tayo Ogunbiyi Most observers of the happenings within the nation’s political horizon believe that the balkanization of the Nigeria’s…
Give Them A Dose Of Pain!
By Adeleke Adeeko No observer of contemporary Nigerian Christianity can be unaffected by the church songs. I refer to the…
Mountain From A Heap Of Sand
By Princess Adenrele Adeniran-Ogunsanya For a few weeks now, I have diligently followed the saga that has trailed the issue…
Like Senegal, Let’s Abolish The Senate
By John Tosin Ajiboye Since Nigeria returned to democracy rule in 1999, a lot of things have been going wrong,…
No Tears For PDP
By Clever Oparah Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, that party that flatters itself as the biggest party in Africa is strapped…
Our Malpractice-Loving Attitude And The WAEC Act
By Ugochukwu Ugwuanyi Usually those (mis)leading us reason that we, like them, don’t give a damn about their maladministration of…
Emergency Proclamation: So Far So Good
By Chris Olukolade Boko Haram, a religious sect which had emerged by taking advantage of democracy–the system of government which…
Anambra Guber: APGA And Obiano’s Candidacy
By Michael Jegede On 26 August, 2013, Chief Willie Obiano, a seasoned and consummate banker turned politician, emerged the candidate…
Fashola As A Political Force
By Lanre Etti Jr I watched with awe when the (now emeritus) Governor Bola Tinubu raised a relatively unknown Barrister’s…
Say No To High Cost Of New Number Plate
By Nze Kanayo Chukwumezie The recent change of vehicle number plate in Nigeria and the high cost of replacing the…
How Ministers Keep Public Officers Due For Retirement
By Olufemi Fafore From the days of missionary public servants, who served Nigeria in words and deeds, before independence and…
Open Letter To Fashola On LASTMA
By Ifeyinwa Maureen Ogbonna-Nwaogu Your Excellency, Let me begin this piece by joining fellow Nigerians across all divides, in condoling…
Extolling One Of Nigeria’s Thriving Exports @ 10
By Ugochukwu Ugwuanyi I should have written a piece on Nigeria’s flagship in the telecommunications sector but for some inexplicable…
Dance Of The Penguin
By Ademola Adegbamigbe Any country that wants to be great technologically and economically cannot afford to joke with university education.…
Immortality
By Ademola Adegbamigbe Kenya does not have oil. Tourism is, apart from coffee, its own hydrocarbon. It is quite unfortunate…
Policemen’s Anger Over Salary Deductions
By Michael Jegede Members of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) have continued to express total resentment and displeasure over what…
Marquee Nigeria
By Nelson Egwoyi We live in a marquee world! From time immemorial, history has vested us with epochal individuals, events,…
Watch Civilian JTF, Please!
By Isaac Asabor According to an African proverb, “If the keg of palm-wine is not quickly snatched from the hands…
Of Theater And Our Duke Of Errors
By Segun Ojewuyi This week the department of Theater at the University of Ibadan celebrates 50 years of Theater in…
Danbaba Suntai: Impunity, Greed Killing Nigeria
By Joe Igbokwe Circumstances surrounding the health situation of Governor Danbaba Suntai of Taraba State, Nigeria have been deliberately shrouded…
SOS To FG On Abandoned Omuaran-Egbe-Mopa-Kabba-Obajana Road
By Odunayo Joseph In 2008 I sent a ‘Save our Soul’ appeal to the presidency and the Minister of Transport…
The Martyrs
By Sola Adela Now Mustapha is free at last, the public wants to know how and who will compensate the…
Abia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
By T. A. Orji Having attained the adolescent age of 22, the history making founding fathers of Abia State, will…
AS ASUU Strike Turns Students To Artisans
By Ugochukwu Ugwuanyi Clairvoyants around the world should please hurry down to Nigeria for their service is well needed around…