One hundred eventful days down the line, that conclusion about the Akpabio Senate Presidency has not…
Category: Opinions/Columnists
OPINION – Law is not the only ‘learned profession’
Like the fact that a pre-election matter should not be brought up after the general election,…
Anambra’s model of incremental development
Development is incremental. Successive administrations lay building blocks and each of their individual efforts build up…
OPINION – PBAT’s 100 Days in Office: On Women, Youths & Renewed Expectations
The president’s commitment to ensuring youth inclusion in his administration must also be acknowledged. The youth…
OPINION – Much ado about which ethnic group owns Nollywood
We own the industry. Go back to research. The industry belongs to the Yoruba people. If…
OPINION – Buhari: A trial by history
Buhari didn’t remove the petrol subsidy, but at vitally important stages, he removed every other budget-busting,…
For Tinubu’s Nigeria, it’s ‘from frying pan to fire’
Tinubu has worsened the situation. Painfully, he is on the way to lionizing Buhari, with his…
OPINION – Wike and the boys-sheffered
Nyesom Wike’s latest declaration can only be viewed as the replication in Abuja, of his anti-herders/Fulani…
OPINION – Why Gov. Mbah cannot escape the law over NYSC certificate saga
The NYSC in all sincerity deserves all the kudos it is getting now both in and…
TRIBUTE: March on, Phenomenal Ene Obi!!!
By Vivian Oduah One of the hardest acts is saying goodbye to whom you still wish…
OPINION: China’s leadership playbook and Nigeria’s reality
By Dakuku Peterside Touching down at the bustling Beijing Capital International Airport, you cannot miss that…
OPINION – Good Signals from Akwa Ibom
Governor Eno says he is on a mission to demystify leadership. It is a noble enterprise.…
OPINION – Kalu: Leadership is here
Within 4 years, Kalu’s legislative pedigree towered that he became the toast of his colleagues who…
OPINION – Why all eyes will continue to be on the judiciary
A matter being jus pendis and awaiting judicial pronouncement is, by virtue of the Nigerian legal…
OPINION – Niger Republic junta brought war, but our people are hailing them
Coups for me were a distant possibility in Nigeria. But not anymore. Thankfully, no better person…
OPINION – Promoting competitive advantages of Southeast states
Ebonyi state with its ‘Abakaliki rice’ fame, and mineral deposits (limestone) could be promoted as the…
OPINION – Weak naira and indigenous Nigerian brands
Unlike in the past when supermarkets printed and affixed prices on items on display, prices are…
OPINION: Hunger is Real and Present
By Dakuku Peterside Hunger is widespread and chronic in Nigeria, and its prevalence is one phenomenon…
OPINION – Tinubu’s lost war in Niger as Sigidi
Apart from negatively impacting the socio-economic and political history of Yoruba race of the 19th century,…
OPINION – Avoiding the Niger Quagmire
Most recently when Gen. Mahamat Idris Deby took over power in Chad in 2021, President Muhammadu…
OPINION – Who will tell the president?
Periodic border closures by either country have in fact always turned these boundaries into differential Berlin…
Senator Annie Okonkwo: A Humanist Per Excellence
Late Senator Chief Annie Okonkwo was decorated with many chieftaincy tittles from more than thirty communities…
OPINION – A Register of Vulnerable Ghosts
Whatever we think of the push to discredit the national register, the governors still owe their…
OPINION – Tinubu-watch: Don’t remove education subsidy
UNILAG is not the only tertiary institution that has increased fees in recent times. Bayero University…
Subsidy removal and Tinubu’s phantom palliatives
As a major oil producing nation, Nigeria has no reason to experience any crisis in that…
Nigeria’s profligate leaders and Peter Obi’s exceptional discipline
That is where former Anambra state governor and standard bearer of Labour Party (LP) in the…
OPINION – Igbo Day: Think again
Rather than celebrate these attainments, the Igbo elite have over the recent decades been wont to…
OPINION – Obi and endless possibilities: Tribute to Obi @ 62
When Obi felt cheated, he went to court and defied all odds and became the first…