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…