By Dakuku Peterside Touching down at the bustling Beijing Capital International Airport, you cannot miss that…
Category: Opinions/Columnists
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…
OPINION – Why loveless, emotionless marriages are future problems
Let me say this, while every individual and relationship is unique, it is essential to consider…
OPINION – How Nigeria can survive N617 per litre fuel price
How much longer can the country as an investor wait for Dangote refinery to start production…
Explainer: Electricity tariff will rise from August 1, but shouldn’t NERC be transparent about this?
Disco owners and managers have learnt to game the now 16-year old MYTO (multi-year tariff order)…
BOOK REVIEW: The passionate ideology of love
James Ngwu Eze in goosebumps deserves celebration for delivering heartfelt lines as per modern couplets that…
OPINION – Anambra State: A Permanent quest for excellence
This is the real story of Anambra state that does not make the news. We would…
OPINION – Mmesoma Ejikeme, ethnic warlords and the rest of us
For no reasons other than to cause disaffection between the hard-working Igbo and their peace-loving Yoruba…
OPINION – Letting the Poor Breathe
Poverty is a management failure. It is the wrong understanding of human beings, society, and the…
OPINION – Portrait of the government critic as a hater
The political zealots have even resorted to blackmail as a part of their scheme to shut…
Nigeria; like Kenya, like Malawi?
The present state of play affirms the truism espoused by Justice Mosunmola Dipeolu, that “It is…
OPINION – The July 10, 2003 abduction of Gov Chris Ngige of Anambra state
In that state of confusion, I couldn’t ask him any questions. I decided to act. I…