Opinion
15 Aug 2015
I FIRST visited the then Federal Republic of Germany as a student in 1974. I went there for an eight weeklong German language program at the Goethe Institute. During my time in Germany, I passed through the cities of Frankfurt, Cologne, Bonn, Dortmund, Kassel and a number of others. However, I spent the bulk of…
15 Aug 2015
Sir: The poet said that love may be blind but the world could see. President Buhari may be earnest in his desire to change the country but his decisions, so far, are not inclusive of the whole nation. His choice of Chief Security officers does not reflect the picture of the political zones. Without any…
14 Aug 2015
SIR: Why are Nigerian rulers, President Buhari inclusive, the Senate and the House of Representatives dodging the question of how Nigeria arrived at a point where the Boko Haram community that started as a peaceful community is now a terrorist group?
14 Aug 2015
SIR: It is really disconcerting the way the EFCC is being castigated from every angle by some politically exposed persons and members of the public.
14 Aug 2015
ON account of the gruesomeness of the killing of some prominent Nigerians, the passage of time has not healed the wounds inflicted on the nation. And the cry for justice remains justifiably loud.
13 Aug 2015
AGING, they say is not lost youth, but a new stage of opportunity and strength. Age on the hand is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.
13 Aug 2015
I READ in the media recently that President Muhammadu Buhari is to implant the office of ombudsman as one of the multiple measures to combat corruption in the country
13 Aug 2015
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari in keeping faith with his promise to embark on an onslaught against corruption as key priority, named a Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption headed by Professor Itse Sagay
13 Aug 2015
THE discord between the International Criminal Court (ICC) and African countries would have been comical, were it not so calamitous. How long will it last? At what costs to important international and continental affairs?
13 Aug 2015
The revelation in the valedictory speech of retired Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, that the military forces with which he fought the Boko Haram insurgency were ill-equipped for the onerous and risky assignment is only a confirmation from the highest military level of what had been widely known within and outside Nigeria.
13 Aug 2015
SIR: The recent news of West African Examinations Council (WAEC) threatening to withhold results of 19 states due to inability to pay sponsored candidates registration fees is quite disheartening and worrisome as failure of affected states to do the needful as soon as possible might eventually lead to seizure of results which could serve as…
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