Opinion

Dakuku Peterside ON Sunday, August 15, 1971, the United States economy was literally facing a firing squad. The Dollar was in a mess. Price gougers were everywhere and foreign exchange was cruel to the Dollar. The newspaper headlines were of scorn and ridicule but President Richard Nixon did one thing. …

ALHAJI Atiku Abubakar has certainly found a new hobby to keep himself busy, having failed to achieve his lifelong ambition of becoming the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He is increasingly carving for himself the role of opposition-in-chief to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his government. However, we …

I had a long talk with a Bank Chairman this morning and he described his worry about the ongoing rumour that the CBN could move against domiciliary accounts and force the content into Naira on the back of the continued fight to salvage the Naira. This issue have always been …

By Moses Oludele Idowu A Clarion Call to all Oppressed Peoples in Nigeria I just listened to the SOS from the Chairman of Mangu Local Government in Plateau State asking for help as another 30 people had just been slain by assailants. This is a place that is supposed to …

By Otor Drama AMIDST near standoff with the back and forth of the All Progressives Congress (APC) screening hopla for Edo 2024 governorship election, coupled with the battered image of the party and the untold hardship it has visited on the mass of the Nigerian people, it would be standing …

By Prof Mike Ozekhome, SAN, CON, OFR, Ph.D INTRODUCTION THE answer to this question “is this the Nigeria of our dreams”, is as obvious as it is disturbing. Sixty years after independence, it is to Nigeria’s eternal shame that she has failed woefully in applicable indices, on all fronts and applying …

By Elempe Dele POLITICIZING tribalism is the state of complete disorder, it is an attempt to create an order through tribal attachment by hypocrites. To me, it is a dangerous ideology and a festering sanctimonous conundrum no one should ponder. This have nothing to do with highfalutin ideas on setting …

Eben Enasco Reporting EVERY gubernatorial election cycle in recent times in Edo State has been shaped by the emergence of a new ideology or the exploitation of an existing one but is viewed to be more complicated Some in most quarters believe that the Edo governorship election will be like …

THOSE of us from Jibia LGA of Katsina state have been in a state of mourning for the past ten days. Last week, bandits launched an attack on Kukar Babangida community of Jibia LGA. The infamous guests had visited Kukar Babangida on many occasions but this is probably the worst. …

By Hon Justin Besta Ozeoya OSHIOMHOLE is not fit to be a leader. Some one said he’s the national leader of APC. A man who is allegedly in high consumption of hard drugs can only be a criminal and not a leader. He could lead his likes but he disgusts …