Category: OPINION

By Dominic Kudzu “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed“.  – Mahatma Gandhi Nigeria is not only the most populous black nation in the world, it is also the country with the highest number of cowards in the universe. If the country has 200,000,000 citizens, over 199,000,000 million of them are effeminate, grovelliing, church and mosque-going cowards, who cannot stand up for themselves or even pursue an argument in pursuit of their own self interest. They only complain, wring and throw their hands in…

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By C. Don Adinuba There is so much the Igbo can celebrate about themselves. Take their brilliant performance in education which is phenomenal. Whether in the West African School Certificate examination or the Joint Admissions Matriculation examination or the entrance examination into Federal Government Colleges or into the Federal Government-owned School for the Gifted and Talented in Abuja, the story is the same. Even in global educational competitions, the Igbo are outstanding.  This is by no means fortuitous. By 1945 when the Second World War ended, there were a handful…

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By Hillary Nwauzoije Once upon a time in Imo State, a land rich in culture and tourism, a decision of a seven-member panel, led by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, thwarted the fate of her progress. This unholy judgement paved the way for a high level of corruption, insecurity, inadequate infrastructure, and unemployment, leaving the citizens disillusioned and longing for a messiah. In the midst of this confusion has risen a hope for the state to be RESET. The emergence of Maj. Gen. Jack Lincoln Keonyemere Ogunewe (Rtd), as the gubernatorial candidate…

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By Oseloka Obaze Democratic consolidation requires holding periodic elections that allow for peaceful transfer of power. Yet some elections held outside of consolidated democracies have been identified as sources of conflict. So far, Nigeria has managed to skirt around its various electoral crises, thus avoiding ensuing conflicts. But all is still not well. As long as the outcome of Nigeria’s 2023 presidential elections remain under contestation, a conjunction of circumstances will determine Nigeria’s political trajectory, more so as her national resignation and seemingly unfettered elasticity in tethering on the precipice,…

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By Solomon Ibharuneafe Senator Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole, who represents Edo North in the National Assembly, is not new to politics of marginalization. In short, his second name is marginalization. During his reign as defector governor in the state between 2007 and 2015, the Esan people of Edo Central Senatorial district with five large local governments was openly marginalized by the Oshiomhole-led government. For instance, out of 39 strategic positions he churned out, only one was good enough for Esan man (chairman Edo post primary Education Board). Out of 14 special…

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EFCC building in Abuja By Ken Ugbechie In 20 years, the thief-catching agency has given Nigerians and the international community a full dose of theatrics verging on larceny and corruption. The very fact that at different times, its leaders were accused of one crime, or another does not bode well for both the commission and the nation. Any wonder that since its creation, Nigeria has never moved out of the umbra of corrupt nations. The country has continued to pop up on every global corruption index. Variously dubbed ‘fantastically corrupt’…

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By Rev. Fr. John Odey Keeping silent in the face of injustice is a crime. On September 17, 1997, Walter Carrington who was then the United States ambassador to Nigeria lamented during a lecture at the Island Club, Lagos, that Nigeria, the giant of Africa, had fallen from grace to grass. He said: “At independence, Nigeria was among the most richly endowed nations of the world in resources. Today, Nigeria is one of the world’s leading oil-producing nations. But like the cobbler whose children often go without shoes, it, frequently,…

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By Kola Olabisi It is exceedingly disheartening and excruciatingly worrisome and baffling that the State of the Virtuous which is the home state of the political legends like the late Chief Bola Ige, former Attorney-General of the Federation; the late Chief S.M. Afolabi, former Minister of Internal Affairs; Chief Kareem Bisi Akande, former Osun State governor and first interim national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC); Brigadier-General Olagunsoye Oyinlola (rtd), also Osun State former  governor and other eminent personalities dead and living, could slide into such an embarrassing abyss…

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