Opinions

The ongoing crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) which saw Ahmed Gulak, former special adviser on political matters to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, invade the national headquarters to take over as chairman, was in essence, the celebration of the tradition of impunity. Even as the PDP navigates through a painful transition that could decide its […]

“In conclusion, I find no merit in the appeal which is accordingly dismissed.” – Justice Walter Onnoghen of the Supreme Court. “He expresses disappointment over the judgement of the apex court in the country on the six grounds of appeal.” – Yusuph Olaniyonu, spokesman for Bukola Mesujamba Saraki Our Constitution guarantees the right to equality […]

As the most notorious symbol of public inefficiency and corruption, it is a trite fact that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is a national disgrace. That the NNPC operates like a parallel government, capitalizing on the nation’s dependence on oil to wantonly dictate the pulse of the federation, is a blunder in development that […]

Concussion is a 2015 American biographical sports medical drama film directed and written by Peter Landesman. This film is based on the 2009 GQ exposé Game Brain by Jeanne Marie Laskas starring Will Smith as Dr. Bennet Omalu, a Nigerian forensic pathologist who fought against efforts by the National Football League to suppress his research […]

With his petulance, foul temperament and imprudent conduct, former President Olusegun Obasanjo impoverished the sobriety and dignity of the National Assembly in a letter, in which he accused the lawmakers of corruption and needless lavish spending that have negative impacts on the country’s resources, especially when Nigeria is in dire economic situation. But rising to […]

The more social media we have, the more we think we’re connecting, yet we are really disconnecting from each other Anonymous I have purposely waited for days to see what Reuben Abati will write concerning the mention of his name by the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) in their response to a supposed rival body, […]

…President Muhammadu Buhari is repeating an economic error he made as dictator 30 years ago  “GIVE me lucky generals,” Napoleon is supposed to have said, preferring them to talented ones. Muhammadu Buhari, a former general, has not had much luck when it comes to the oil price. Between 1983 and 1985 he was Nigeria’s military […]

My criticisms of the excesses of the online phenomenon in terms of its brazen abuse in an unregulated environment has often made me the target of attacks, with many insisting on quoting the opening paragraph of a piece I once wrote along these lines as if it is a memorial verse, but further developments have […]

In my application to the Special Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) last week, I requested for investigation into the allegations of crimes against humanity committed by serving and retired military officers and their civilian accomplices. Having diverted over $8 billion earmarked for the procurement of arms and armament for counter insurgency operations I […]

In issuing the broadside on the reportage of a ‘meeting’ between the Honourable Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Muhammed ​and ‘Online Publishers in Nigeria’; we appropriately responded to a “brand and trademark” issue; one that bothered on the use of the name “online publishers association” we have consistently defended. Trite as it may seem, it […]

The point needs to be made as the year 2016 hits full swing that, whatever is their motivation, there is no compelling need for lawmakers to embark on an elaborate review and amendment of the 1999 constitution, ostensibly to whittle down the powers of the President of the Federal Republic. In a country beset with […]

The cavalier attitude of the Presidency negates the cardinal place of the Federal budget in the life of every Nigerian. The philosophy of the leadership, rigors, priorities of vision are central to the federal budget and, therefore, are far more than economic projections. Were the document to be one of lofty vision with pragmatic persuasions […]