Opinion/Feature

2019: Why Women Matter Matters

Friday, October 19, 2018

Few hours back, I strolled into one of the key offices under the office of the president of the federal republic of Nigeria with a singular matter for constructive dialogue with a friend who is a senior aide of President Muhammadu Buhari. My concern was on the observed lack of observation by the ...

When being alleged a Thief & Invited by EFCC & Anti-Graft Agencies Becomes a Fan

Friday, October 19, 2018

In our growing days, the sight of police at your doorstep and/or any of the neighbourhood is abraded with palpable fears and suspicion, no one likes it when it seems you have been indicted or alleged of any infraction or dishonorable act. If per chance you are taken away and you have your head la ...

Gowon’s Injustice to Taiwo: Curse on Nigeria?

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

After reading the book titled A gift of sequins: Letters to my wife, Victor Banjo by Olayinka Omigbodun, the second daughter and third child of late Lt. Col. Victor Banjo, I began to think that the huge injustices done in Nigeria against ourselves in the past could be contributing to her downfall. ...

How Money and Life will shape 2019

Tuesday, October 16, 2018

The most significant election since independence in 1960 will take place in February next year which is approximately four months away. The year 2019 presidential election particularly is significant for a number of reasons and extenuating circumstances. Firstly, the election is being intensel ...

Buhari, Thatcher, And The Tale Of Two Tough Personalities

Tuesday, October 16, 2018

In early 1979, the British Labour Government lost a motion of vote of no confidenceat the House of Commons forcing it to call an election. The election saw the Margaret Thatcher-led Conservative Party securing a parliamentary majority and effectively making Mrs. Thatcher Europe rsquo;s first ...

Time To Right The Wrongs Against Northeast & Southeast

Tuesday, October 16, 2018

As the two major political parties in Nigeria have deemed it necessary for power to remain in the north come 2019,it will be fair that power in the north should now shift to the northeast. In Nigeria rsquo;s 58 years of independence, it is only once that somebody of the northeast extraction has rule ...

2019 And The Burden Of Familiar Tactics

Monday, October 15, 2018

To understand more fully, the current wave of political re-alignments in the country and be able to make objective projections, it is important that we first cap ourselves with the words of Elie Wiesel, a Romanian-born American Jewish professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, human rights activ ...

7 Things Atiku Must Do to Win the 2019 Presidential Elections

Monday, October 15, 2018

Nigeria is currently at a Kairos moment, an opportune and defining time in history, where posterity would judge every citizen aged 18 and above, on the role they played to help shape a better future for the nation, especially our children and those yet unborn. Whether you rsquo;re independent ...