Category: Opinion

By Martins Oloja Arrest of WikiLeaks co-founder Mr. Julian Assange last Thursday at the Ecuadorian Embassy in the U.K. after Ecuador revoked his political asylum has again provoked questions about press freedom in this age of the strongmen who also advertise transparency and open society. He was arrested for failing to surrender to the U.K. court in […]

By Eric Teniola Only four elected Nigerian leaders have had the opportunity of presenting lists of Ministers after re-election. They are Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, first and only Prime Minister of Nigeria, President Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari, President Olusegun Obasanjo and now President Muhammadu Buhari, President Umaru Musa Yar’dua died in his first term without […]

By Olusegun Adeniyi Following a civil protest spearheaded by respected journalist, Ms Kadaria Ahmed, over the violence and lawlessness that now define Zamfara, the Federal ovGernment last weekend responded by suspending all mining operations in the state. There is a “glaring nexus between the activities of armed bandits and illicit miners, with both mutually re-enforcing […]

By Pope Benedict XVI On February 21 to 24, at the invitation of Pope Francis, the presidents of the world’s bishops’ conferences gathered at the Vatican to discuss the current crisis of the faith and of the Church; a crisis experienced throughout the world after shocking revelations of clerical abuse perpetrated against minors. The extent […]

By Mike Ozekhome I knew it would come sooner than later. When Justice Walter Onnoghen’s travails started in January, I predicted that the cabal was out to rubbish him. They desired to bespatter him with the paintbrush of shame, odium and obloquy in such a way as to make him visibly unfit for the position […]

By Dayo Omoogun With re-engineered leadership momentum and motivated workforce sparked by the Acting Director-General of the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), Ms. Mary Uduk, Dayo Omoogun, in this piece portends that the Commission is on the trajectory of a new dawn… After a long dark night, comes a glorious dawn. Watchers of the Nigerian […]

In discussing the burning issue of restructuring the political and administrative framework of Nigeria, the major question to be addressed is: how can we effectively manage ethnic and religious plurality and diversity in our federation? Added to this is question on whether the political architecture of Nigeria is truly reflective of the federalist principles, which […]

By Mobolade Omonijo Are there real winners in this election, or have we collectively lost? This generation of Nigerians appears to have betrayed a divine charge to lift up the country. How could anyone really celebrate an election at which guns were freely used? Do we know how many souls were peremptorily dispatched in this […]

By Boniface Chizea Mr. President I salute you and congratulate you on your victory at the recently concluded elections with a whopping margin of almost 4 million votes. That is landslide or moon slide as some people would jocularly add. We are not oblivious that the leading opposition candidate is poised to challenge your victory in […]