Category: Opinion

By Ike Abonyi “There is no dependence that can be sure but a dependence upon one’s self.” ― John Gay So long as Nigerians are unwilling to confront their monsters frontally, so long will they have to live with electoral fraud. Nigerians were expecting the West to stop the Bola Tinubu swearing-in because he has a questionable mandate, a malady,

By Uche Ugboajah What is likely to hit you at the first encounter with Fred Onyeoziri is his personable nature. Yes, he was such a pleasant person – full of life; charming; calm; and always unassuming. He even gets more amiable when he speaks. What comes out was always a disarming logic and brilliance too hot to be concealed, not

By Wole Oni The news of the appointment of Nuhu Ribadu as National Security Adviser (if true) is cheering and elating. Nigeria needs a paradigm shift from the regular and this appointment comes across as one. Ribadu’s choice is a master stroke from a great strategist that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu PBAT is known to be, he is an exceptional

By Ismaila Uba Misilli “If you possess the stuff of a champion you can’t stay too long in the abyss of the minnows”. The above aphorism is a terse formulation of a truth that captures the fate of Gombe State governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, CON, when his colleagues across the northern region unanimously elected him to chair the highly influential

By Abiodun Borisade I’m Ekiti & I don’t have Stockholm syndrome… A probable reason why A “Class Action Lawsuit” must follow Fayemi’s EFCC visit. This is only for the intellectually mature… Night braving the storm fell from the goose-wing, into the cherub dawn, leaving behind the memories of clamour and chaos, to a convalescent day! It’s times like this that

By Kelechi Okoronkwo For a long time, more than twelve years, Nigeria wore a “Lowest Tax-to-GDP (Gross Domestic Product) Ratio” in the whole world like a garment. In tax and economy conferences and public discussions both local and internal, Nigeria’s tax-to-GDP status was always on the front-burner. While some people showed genuine concern, others scorned Nigeria for having a Tax-to-GDP

By Bayo Oluwasanmi In his inaugural address yesterday to Nigerians, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu said: “Our administration shall govern on your behalf but never rule over you. We shall consult and dialogue but never dictate. We shall reach out to all but never put down a single person for holding views contrary to our own.” President Tinubu should put his

By Pauline Febabor The Prosperity Administration under the leadership of Senator Douye Diri has made commendable progress in different strata of governance in Bayelsa State. One such noticeable area is in the development of human capacity, which is a cardinal policy of his administration. Upon assuming office on February 14, 2020, Governor Diri tonight it wise that the development of

By Isaac Woyengitari They never gave him a chance; they underrated his political sagacity and were ignorantly naive about his deep public life experience. They still could not get over the shock of the miracle that overturned all the “Voodoo” votes they cooked against a destiny child and man of faith, Douye Diri, in the November 16 Governorship Election. Soon