Opinion Corner

By Louis Odion, FNGE In framing his own policy on environment, Sanwo-Olu says he draws inspiration from the sort of audacity behind the Bill Gates Initiative in the United States turning human feces to drinkable water. It may sound crazy; but Gates’ idea is already being viewed in enlightened circles as the future’s more sustainable way to fix waste disposal …

The campaign document of the presidential candidate of the PDP identifies anticorruption and the rule of law as one of its priority areas. It proceeds on the premise that the lack of progress in addressing corruption is caused by lack of transparency, absence of mechanisms for effective law enforcement, breakdown of rule of law and order, weak institutions and the …

Whereas the establishment people are wont to highlight the bright side perhaps in anticipation of a chance to retain their jobs and continue “business as usual,” most – if not all – will however duck invitation to debate the old question: how do we detoxify the prevailing operating environment with a view to making the technology more impactful to a …

Paradoxically, the average Nigerian politician usually shares this perspective until they gain power. Suddenly, the erstwhile clear-headed, fire-spitting visionary turns an agent of reaction, feverishly seeking to preserve the sitting arrangement at the national buffet and the crooked sharing formula. It explains why PDP hierarchs had pooh-poohed the idea of restructuring while in power but today are quite vociferous in …

Cybersecurity has become the number one concern of major civilized countries. Forward thinking nations all over the world are implementing cybersecurity countermeasures to ensure that they protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of their national critical infrastructure; most especially the electoral information systems. The question is: Is Nigeria ready to respond to cyberattack(s) on the 2019 presidential election to protect …

Investigations revealed that those who sell the naira get their supply from both the central bank and the commercial banks. That explains why some denominations of the naira such as 20 naira, 50 naira, 100 naira and 200 naira are scarce in the banks, especially the new notes. Some bank workers who confided in this writer say those who sell …

Coming in the very week that the twenty-third anniversary of the murder of Ken Saro-Wiwa was being marked, it would have indeed been interesting to hear what answer the heir to the British throne would, for instance, offer to the Ogoni procession in Bori or Port Harcourt on the old question of British complicity – both by commission and omission. …

Having thus subjected the acclaimed “heartland” of the South-east to such unscrupulous privatization racket in the past seven and a half years, Okorocha apparently could not think of a better finale than having his son-in-law succeed him. But the Igwe underestimated the guile of the so-called Allied Forces. They understood the power of ambush and surprise. By plotting stealthily and …

When OBJ’s campaign continued to limp in late 1998 under Iyiorcha Ayu, it was Atiku Abubakar, as a popular account goes, that helped conscript Anenih, against OBJ’s initial reservations. No sooner had he taken charge than things changed dramatically. The secret? He simply reactivated the old boys’ network of Yar’Adua’s PDM by coopting members as OBJ’s field commanders in the …

In October 2017, the Attorney General of the Federation, Mr. Abubakar Malami, announced that the Nigerian Government had reached an agreement with the United Kingdom for the repatriation of $85 million from the Malabu oil deal.The sum was later revised to $73 million which both the United Kingdom and Nigerian authorities confirmed has since been returned to Nigeria. There are, …