Opinions

Men in their 50s – especially the civil servants.  At that age, men have lost their idealism, the stark reality of the Nigerian state stares them right in the face.  I had often wondered and have always felt embarrassed when, in the past, I pass through Immigration at Lagos Airport and I’m asked for ‘something’ […]

Irresponsible, demeaning, distasteful and lawless are words that best describe the show of shame following the needless altercation between Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha and Deputy House Speaker, Chief Emeka Ihedioha, at the Iriji Mbaise New Yam Festival, over the weekend. So bad was the situation that President Goodluck Jonathan, who was represented at the […]

After all the noise and the heightening of the blood pressure of Nigerians by the irascible All Progressives Congress, APC, it was a delightful surprise that the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Foces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, was magnanimous enough to let the noisy and lying party to […]

In 2011, soon after he was sworn in as Governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha  promised Nigerians that he was going to be a brand new governor that will rescue Imo state from poverty ,joblessness and under development. More than three years  after that statement was made, the Imo masses now know for better […]

I disagree with those that have described Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian/American that single-handedly brought the deadly ebola virus into our shores, as a madman. He was not mad at all but just evil. He was a man that was on a mission. That mission was to spread the ebola virus to Nigeria and to infect […]

These days, nothing strikes a bout of panic and paranoia than the thought of Ebola Virus Disease. It’s been decades since a disease or calamity of such proportions threatened our relationships, businesses, sports and our very existence. In the midst of all the trepidation came a ray of hope – an experimental secret serum, manufactured […]

The confirmation Thursday, by Health Minister, Onyebuchi Chukwu that the number of confirmed Ebola cases in Nigeria has risen to 11, should alarm the federal government and officials of various health agencies in the country. The figure, which includes three deaths and eight people who are being treated at a special isolation unit in Lagos, […]

Simply because President Goodluck Jonathan is easily the most unassuming individual to have risen to political prominence in Nigeria some people have taken that as a license to abuse, impugn and threaten him at will.  The most recent is the duo of Solomon Dalong and Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed who have broken all rules of decency […]

Again the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) headed by Alhaji Maitama Sule is in the news, and like always, is allowing certain elements with political ambitions within it to dictate the nuances of its message.  In an attempt to appear to speak for all of us in the north, though we are not unaware of NEF’s […]

Nigeria is as close to being a failed state as it has ever been.Components and definitions of state failure: The state’s loss of its Weberian monopoly of violence.                                     Inability to protect its people(s)                                     Rise of non-state actors                                     Failure to provide basic services like schooling and medical clinics in large sections of the […]

In the wake of the 2008 financial crises, the Central Bank created over N4000bn fresh Naira supply, inspite of its attendant inflationary threat, to rescue the Nigerian banking sector. Evidently, however, the bountiful profit figures declared lately by several banks would be clear testimony that, business is presently good in the sub-sector, particularly when compared […]

It is understandable that in this state of glaring uncertainty, and considering the global dimension the Boko Haram insurgency has taken, the Nigerian government would be inundated with all kinds of proposals suggesting modalities to tackle the insurgency. However, this is the time for government to be very circumspect and methodical. Officials should extricate themselves […]