Opinions

Until you hear the Scotsman play the bagpipes in the early morning mist of the Scottish highlands, you have heard nothing. Until you hear the Irish maiden sing ”O Danny Boy” on the lush green fields of the Emerald Isle, you know nothing. Until you hear the Welshman sing ”Men of Harlech” in the beautiful […]

Our Nigerian way of life is the way of plenty of rituals of religion and very little of deeds to match our religious professions. It is public conduct and confessions that are divorced from personal responsibility and rather attached to “faith”. It does not matter what the outcome of our “faith” may be. Our most […]

“…I beat him up, yes, this old man who does not respect his gray hairs,  I beat him up because he did “waka” to me and said that he will call police for me. You should thank your God that I did not have my gun with me, I would have shot you and wasted […]

The gruesome attack at the Federal Government College Buni Yadi, Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe State by gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram terrorists, once again reinforced the palpable despair that there seems to be no end to the sorrow, tears and blood flowing in the country. No fewer than 39 students were murdered […]

As an independent writer, one which spans almost a decade, my writings have always tilted towards political issues, especially as it affects the mass of the poor both locally and on the global stage. I was however, surprised when I was challenged by a superior to visit Oraifite community in Ekwusigo Local Government Area of […]

 These days, it is common to glean in the newspapers and on the social media stories that look like President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is persecuting the suspended Central Bank Bank (CBN) Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi.  It is true that Sanusi did not help matters with the way he was going about his business of being […]

Our Society has been turned upside down, with misplacement of values lurking everywhere in the name of modernity. The sooner we search and entrust our destiny as a State into the hands of those that mean well, the better for us. Part of the problem confronting the world of today is the total divorce of […]

The claim by President Goodluck Jonathan that he acted ex cathedra in suspending Lamido Sanusi as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is not only outrageous, it is outlandish and laughable. For the avoidance of doubt, Sanusi’s suspension over alleged “financial recklessness and misconduct” violates the law, most notably, Section 11 of the […]

Since he ordered the suspension from office of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, President Goodluck Jonathan has come under serious criticisms from two opposing quarters.  From one quarter has come the criticism that the action was simply to punish the man for his public criticism of financial operations of the Nigerian […]

“It is unacceptable that polio continues to infect our children and cause such suffering in Nigeria.” Sir Emeka Offor     There is no denying the fact that the polio scourge has become a challenge to many countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Its effect continues to hunt us because of several reasons that have to do […]

Last Friday, Governor Fashola issued a number of directives on the Lagos State University (LASU). The directives reportedly based on the report of the adhoc Committee of the House granted approval for the reopening of the University on Monday 24 February for final year students alone and the release of N51million for the repair of […]

If there ever was any doubt about the abysmal level to which governance and leadership in Nigeria has fallen and how small the minds are in very high places, the needless, if not contrived controversy that erupted over the suspension of embattled Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Lamido Sanusi has cleared the air. Rancorous […]