Opinions

When the Federal Government unveiled the 2017-2020 Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP), the other day, anticipating the economy will climb out of recession and grow 2.19% this year, a certain appreciation of the urgency needed to deal with the economy could be deduced. Unfortunately, in the statement by Akpandem James, media adviser to Budget […]

For those who say Nigeria is a country where wonders shall never end, the two-day retreat at the Sheraton Hotel Abuja, for wives of members of the House of Representatives, is an aberration and insult to the Nigerian people. Led by Gimbiya Dogara, wife of House speaker Yakubu Dogara, the retreat was organized under the […]

If, as stated in Section 14 of the 1999 Constitution “the security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of government…,” then, the same effort being expended on combating Boko Haram should equally apply to securing the private lives and properties of all Nigerians because security does not begin nor end with […]

To say that Nigeria’s National Assembly has been living in infamy since the beginning of the Fourth Republic in 1999 is to understate the severity of the country’s democratic woes. While less endowed but well-meaning and development-conscious counterparts on the continent are devising means of advancing the culture of popular representation through openness and improvement […]

With the backlog of demand for dollars topping an astronomical $5.5 billion, all bets are now off that the naira will suffer yet, another devaluation, after the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) eased some capital controls and President Muhammadu Buhari, who vehemently opposes devaluation, extended his sick leave in Britain. Forward contracts rose to the […]

There seems to be no end to the sorrow, tears and blood flowing in Kaduna State, as no fewer than twenty-one people were killed in fresh attacks on four communities by suspected Fulani herdsmen in the southern part of Kaduna State over the weekend. While the State governor, Nasir El-Rufai claims to have done so […]

Late last month, as a section of the country awaited the triumphant return of James Ibori, an ex-governor of Delta State, who was jailed, incidentally, in the UK for his egregious looting of his state’s treasury while in office, the Nigerian media landscape was abuzz with stories about the mind-boggling salaries, allowances and other perquisites […]

The carnival-like reception accorded disgraced former Delta State governor, James Ibori, who returned to the country the other day, after serving his 13-year jail term in a London prison, is another blight on the toga of Nigeria’s international image as a country of villain worshippers, bereft of moral values where an ex-convict and a man […]

Contrary to the thoughts of many, since 5 July 2016, the United Kingdom is no longer in the league of countries with no dedicated government private jet or presidential jet – as it is often called. Despite being the first country to purchase such airplanes for its Head of state in 1928 when the Royal […]

February 14; St. Valentine’s Day – is a day unlike any other. Love will be celebrated across the globe in all its forms – filial, erotic, plutonic and even agape. But as Nigerians celebrate the day specially set aside for lovers to exchange avowals with each other, some very unedifying developments raise fundamental questions about […]

On Tuesdya, February 7, 2017, at the popular city of Onitsha, two soldiers, Corporal Bature Samuel and Corporal Abdulazeez Usman, like demons on a mission, went berserk and grievously brutalized a physically-challenged man, Mr Chijioke Uraku, for wearing a military camouflague. Although the military authorities have pleaded with Nigerians and the international community to treat […]

The needless controversy, that has trailed President Buhari’s delayed return to Nigeria, would have been unnecessary, if the presidency had been more proactive and forthcoming about the president’s health condition. The ceaseless rumors indicated that Nigerians were desperate for answers to questions about their President. But the Presidency didn’t care to tell Nigerians what was […]