Opinion Corner

By Chris Nehikhare To cut the long and winding story short, Abe went to court to challenge the absolutism of Amaechi and his marauding gangs fueled by the garrulous and due process averse, Adams Oshiomhole. As a consequence of their impunity and total disregard for due process in setting up executive committees for the party from ward to state level, …

By Comrade Peter Esele I am not justifying crimes. I am simply making the point that the Nigerian Government should stand for its people abroad and conduct a critical analysis of the situation. They should act in accordance with laid down processes and rule of law. When you name, shame and humiliate the so-called guilty, you make it harder for …

In 2017 for example, it was established that a princely sum of N500m was looted from Zamfara’s share of the Paris Fund refund and was used to offset Yari’s personal loan obtained from First Generation Mortgage Bank Limited. Apart from that, an Abuja Federal High Court ordered an interim forfeiture of another $500,000 looted from the Paris refund earlier made …

By Louis Odion, FNGE Colluding with the managing director of one of the nation’s leading banks (who kept dashing in and out of the state capital in private jet) and rogue regulators of the financial sector to abridge due process, he immediately diverted the humongous sum to black market at a time dollar exchanged at N520 and the official rate …

By Louis Odion, FNGE Through creativity, courage and uncompromising stance, he, as the Chairman of the Edo State Inland Revenue Service, inspired the team that drove Edo’s IGR (internally generated revenue) from paltry N300m to N2b at some point. With Godwin Obaseki as the chairman of the Economic Team, Elamah’s work ethic is quite exemplary. Then, he was always at …

By Louis Odion, FNGE In my nearly thirty-year residency in Lagos, I cannot recall any such violence between the Yoruba and the Igbo before. At worst, Yoruba/Igbo skirmish over election matter was a rarity. But many saw this coming the moment JK, obviously out of political desperation, began to sound more like Igbo champion than someone aspiring to be governor …

By Louis Odion, FNGE As for OBJ, the pain of Buhari’s victory must cut deep for his remaining years. Had he kept his earlier words to quit partisan politics and transition fully to “global statesman,” perhaps what had remained of his old myth of invincibility would have been preserved. But the proverbial “shigidi” in the Yoruba fable would never hearken …

By Louis Odion, FNGE When Amosun whines, shouting himself hoarse today against “the Lagos godfather” like a schoolboy dispossessed of candy, people are left wondering whether it is not the same benefactor of yesterday, the one whose round specs exemplify embroidered broken shackle in the invocation of the motif of liberty, whose generosity had afforded him the incisors to dare …

By Dr. Hilary Evbayiro Considering how Obasanjo carefully pushed and played Atiku to the curb in 2007, it is instructive to note, at this juncture, that Atiku was visibly on the driver seat as the VP to Obasanjo when the latter handed power to a dying Yar’Adua.   Why did that happen?  If Atiku was not considered a presidential material and …

By Desmond Agbama, CPS to Oba of Benin With the elections few days away, it is imperative to remind every stakeholder about the concern of the Edo State Council of Traditional Rulers and Chiefs, particularly His Royal Majesty, Ewuare II, Oba of Benin. The Oba’s words or pronouncement is sacrosanct and must be respected, and obeyed to the latter. Everyone …