Opinion Corner

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, …

When the professor of “hematology, pediatrics and oncology” was eventually named the new NHIS boss, many were inclined to assume that his kinship with President Buhari largely influenced the appointment more than merit. But no sooner had he assumed office than alarm bells started chiming literally all over at NHIS, the same way domestic fire alarm is triggered by whiff …

While the old generals gear up for the final supremacy battle ahead, there can be no dispute that Atiku, otherwise considered a “lesser” retired officer on account of being of a paramilitary progeny, is the ultimate beneficiary. How pleasurable it must be for the man from Jada to sit back and watch his ancient foes now joining the battle to …

The return of democratic rule in 1999 marked the watershed in the uprising of bloody cult clashes across the country. The dire urge of political dominance impelled political parties and politicians to engage the services of the cult gangs. A number of these politicians surround themselves with the cult gangs, using them as private armies and bodyguards, and supplement them …

I am the first to admit that Nigerian workers are poorly paid if you call what they take home at the end of the month “pay”. Imagine what the daily wage of each university graduate in the civil service would amount to if they were to be paid at the end of each working day. Compare a graduate’s entry level …