Opinion

The pen is ordinarily a sword of justice; a tool for pounding oppressors and elevating heroes of democracy and rule of law. Unfortunately, in the hands of sworn peddlers of democratic discord and anti-people propagandists,it has now become a weapon to sustain election riggers and harass voice of reason in an …

(Opinion article sent in just before the Tribunal ruling declaring Senator Ademola Adeleke winner of the Osun State governorship election) Nigerian democratic experiment has passed through several phases.The turbulence of the polity can be demoralizing and the contestation can be truly ungodly.In the brickbat of power struggle at times emerged …

Suddenly, attention is shifting to Okotie-Eboh Primary School in Delta State. A video that has gone viral on social media shows little Miss Success Adebor protesting that her school sent her home because her parents failed to pay her exam fees. “Oh poor girl! Even the school is dilapidated!” And …

[email protected]  0705 263 1058 Reading my “Now Amosun, Okorocha have repeated OGD’s mistakes…” (“TREASURES” column, New Telegraph of Wednesday, 13 March, 2019 Back Page), a reader asked why I did not include Oyo State’s Gov. Isiaka Ajimobi in the list. The reason is that while Ajimobi failed like his Ogun …

Whoever came up with the wise saying that Nigerian politics is dirty deserves an award for perspicacity. I have just returned from that dirtied, muddled up, confused, uncertain, unpredictable zone of Nigerian life and society with truck loads of stories in my head and enough impressions in my mind to …

  “If you are incapable of gratitude, you are incapable of noble sentiments. Even animals are grateful,”   —    By Sir George Bernard Shaw.   In that famous romantic Comedy, Arms and the Man,  Sir George Bernard Shaw, the English dramatist and playwright observed that  ‘If any man (by extension a community, society, country or even …

  On February 27, 2019, lawyer and activist, Mike Ozekhome, wrote a piece under the headline, ‘Buhari’s skewed view of the Igbo race.’ On face value, the piece seemed to advocate the cause of the Igbo race, but a dispassionate analysis shows it for what it truly is: drivel meant …

Twice on Wednesday, President Muhammadu Buhari displayed an uncommon generosity of spirit. We had set forth at dawn, shortly before 5 a.m, to visit the presidential campaign office in Central Area of Abuja. The purpose was for the President to read his victory speech, having been pronounced winner of the …

 I’d never had the head for figures. In fact, the enmity between me and mathematics was so bad that if you gave me a bottle, and you asked me to use the bottom to write the letter ‘o,’ it may likely come out as ‘p’ or ‘q,’ or even something …

  Who misadvised President Muhammadu Buhari to suspend the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Samuel Walter Nkanu Onnoghen, using the instrumentality of an ex-parte order procured at the black market? Here, Danladi Umar and Julie Anabor apparently re-scripted the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) engagement rules last week, in Onnoghen’s …

[email protected] 0705 263 1058 Now, are the Igbo marginalised in the scheme of things in Nigeria? On the economic front, they do not appear so. Despite the bitterness of many Igbo against Awolowo’s 20 pounds policy after the Civil War, the Igbo are today at the commanding height of Nigeria’s economy. …

  Tues Jan 8, my arrival at Nnamdi Azikiwe International airport Abuja coincided with the arrival of the Presidential delegation to President Muhammadu Buhari’s flag off campaign in Yola, Adamawa state. I could not hide my curiosity to engage party and non-party stakeholders on the outcome of taking the campaign …

Choosing Peter Obi as the Vice Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, was a great delight to Nigerians all over the world. He had indeed been tested and trusted in the area of governance with particular reference to saving a sinking economy and fighting corruption while governor of …

 In all human societies, the Almighty God and Creator has always implanted people with a sense of propriety who serve to moderate the excesses of others. That way, we are not in a perpetual state of anarchy and can claim to be higher than other animals that we, often arrogantly, refer to …

What would happen if the Nigerian government proscribed ASUU, NASU, NANS and their cousins in polytechnics and colleges of education? What if, in a bid to prevent them from regrouping (as they did in 1988 by taking new names), the government outlawed unionism in all its forms in tertiary institutions? …

 Although boasting a lot of potential, Nigeria’s travel and tourism industry has remained in a state of near-misses and failed projections occasioned by the glaring gap and huge vacuum in the online travel booking space. According to available statistics, the direct contribution of Travel and Tourism to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic …

[email protected]  0705 263 1058 I will be economical with the truth if I say I did not expect the avalanche of readers’ reactions that trailed the first part of this article. That is democracy in action! It is my inalienable and God-given right to hold and disseminate opinion, which the …

Enugu State Governor, Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, through his recent assistance to victims of fire outbreaks in the state, to enable them overcome their challenges, has indeed reaffirmed his long-held belief that the greatest objective of government is to alleviate the suffering of the people. When the unfortunate incidents occurred, …

[email protected] 0705 263 1058 Once again, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo stirred the hornets’ nest with his garrulous postulation that the 2019 presidential election will determine Yoruba’s fate in 2023; saying Yoruba vote for President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019 will automatically position the ethnic nationality to clinch the presidency in 2023: Otherwise, …

  On 13th January 13, 2018, Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III, officially installed Iba Gani Abiodun Adams 15th Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland at the ancient town of Oyo. The pomp and grandeur of the event sufficiently attests to the substance of the Kakanfo chieftaincy title in Yorubaland. The office was last …

 Vice President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo raised the stakes in the politics of 2023 when he added his voice to the politics of ethnic baiting. Speaking during a visit to the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola, on December 22 2013, the Vice President was quoted as saying: “Yoruba …

By Louis Amoke Ahead of 2019 general election, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has continued to receive overwhelming support from the people of the state both at home and abroad. The support, which comes in form of endorsements, commendations and awards from various people, groups and institutions, has continued …

  The issue of deregulation of petrol (PMS) price has been a contentious issue for over two decades, as well as the deregulation of the refining business in Nigeria. However, we need to be clear on what the challenges are and how we go about deregulating the entire downstream petroleum …

  The recent removal of a statue of the hitherto revered Indian nationalist leader Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948) from the grounds of the University of Ghana for his racist credentials refers. Dedicated in 2016 by Pranab Mukherjee, the then Indian president, it supposedly symbolised a ‘strengthening of ties between the two …

Greatness is nothing but repeated excellence. The  Vice Presidential debate might have come and gone, but it engraved an indelible impression on my mind and that of so many Nigerians. The fiercest and strategic battle of the 21st century, is not that of weapons and physical strength, but contestation of …