Opinions

Just when it seems the Jonathan administration has hit the lowest ebb in governance capacity, it manages to find a further depth in ignominy. The 2014 national honors is obviously another typical Nigerian tragic-comedy of errors in which the Jonathan administration proved that its capacity to shock and scandalize Nigerians is infinite. Elsewhere, national honors […]

As Nigeria bleeds and burns, the unabated bombings and killings by Boko Haram terrorists, advertises the gross incapacitation and cluelessness of the Jonathan administration on how to end the insurgency. For victims’ families, the insult of an uncaring government practically deepens the injury of their loss. The indubitable truth is that insecurity has transformed into […]

In the early hours of April 14 2014, Boko Haram militants invaded the sleepy little town of Chibok.  They made off with about 234 school girls, and then the school was razed to the ground. Expectedly, the Nigerian military and security operatives descended on the town and its environs in what was supposed to be […]

It was a tragedy of building collapse one too many on that balmy Friday, September 12, in the premises of the Synagogue Church, Ikotun, Lagos when the foundations of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) Guest House could no longer hold as it came down crashing like a pack of cards. 80 people lost […]

When light unexpectedly shines on murkiness, those exposed by the stinging rays often berate   the light rather than regret the muck. That is the plight of Ayo Oritsejafor whose private jet was identified as the vessel impounded by the South African authorities for ferrying $9.3m cash into their country. A statement from Eagle Air […]

Poor Olisa Metuh.  In him, we see a man who derives perverse enjoyment in publicly demonstrating that he occupies a position that is much too big for him. Through his own actions, he is found wanting. Through his own words, he shows that silence would be his best policy. In his latest tirade, Metuh seeks […]

For those who say Nigeria is a country where wonders shall never end, the callous and sycophantic rallies being held across the nation, under the #BringBackJonathan# campaign, ostensibly to garner signatures from Nigerians urging the President to seek re-election is a shameful phenomenon that graphically retells the odious rat race, ideological vacuity and mundane craving […]

The dust raised by the stunning exposé of Australian independent negotiator, Dr Stephen Davis, on the alleged sponsors of the Boko Haram Islamic sect, indicted former Chief of Army Staff, General Azubuike Ihejirika (retd), the usual suspect, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, former Borno State governor, and an anonymous senior official of the Central Bank of […]

Ngala, Gamboru, Chibok, Michika, Bama. All these unfortunate places have one thing in common. They took Nigeria straight into the map that represents the global axis of evil. Who would have thought we will get to this point. A point where life has simply been redefined and we are daily assaulted by Islamic extremism.  A […]

Nigeria’s political leadership should act decisively in national interest before the Boko Haram terrorists storms Aso Rock , Nigeria;s seat of government, and creates security panic throughout the nation. In March 2014, daring Boko Haram detainees made attempts to seize the Yellow House, headquarters of Nigeria’s secret police popularly known as the State Security Services […]

If there is one northern governor that can be said to have been people-oriented and who has left his people in a situation better than he met them, that governor must be Alhaji Sule Lamido of Jigawa State.  Before Lamido stepped in the saddle in 2011, Jigawa State was reeling from the throes of prebandal […]

Before we proceed on the controversy that has trailed the statement by Dr. Stephen Davies over people he said were mentioned to him as Boko Haram sponsors, we need first to resolve two issues: what is the veracity of this statement by this Australian man and why has it become for the opposition All Progressives […]