Opinion Corner

By Assurance Erhisowhode In the past, it was very difficult to steal the huge amounts of money we hear being stolen and swallowed today. Looting of public funds was minimal, and my guess is that this was because technology had not advanced to the extent that it has today. I remember back then that a notable politician once said that …

By Sandra Eguagie Nigeria signed on to the Open Government Partnership (OGP) as the 70th member in July 2016 with the commitment to deepen institutional and policy reforms. Access to information and citizen engagement are two of the four thematic areas of focus, these thematic areas speak directly to the basis and growth of transparency and accountability in government and …

BY DESMOND AGBAMA The problem of Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria has assumed a very worrisome dimension, especially with the recent massacre of over 50 persons in Benue state. The death toll arising from Fulani herdsmen attack on innocent Nigerians since it started is well over 7,000 across the length and breadth of the country. They have destroyed farmlands worth millions …

The genius of Donald Trump, it has long been observed, is to turn subtext into text. What was hinted at or hidden is, with him, brought shamelessly to the surface So it is with his latest scheme, his instruction to the top brass of the US armed forces to lay on a military parade in the nation’s capital, perhaps on …

In the past few months and weeks, I have played host to many concerned Nigerians who have continued to express legitimate and patriotic worry about the state of affairs in the country. Some of them have continued to agonize about the turn of events and expressly worried why we have not gotten our leadership compass right as a country with …

In life, there are times when one takes a bold stand against certain actions, behaviours or relationships. One reaches this decision after careful, soul-searching reflection. This state of mind – the breaking off from old ways – most often happens after one must have navigated a bend and encountered a better deal, a more promising future, one that ensures that …

In my search for a fitting description of the way and manner the Edo Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ravaged Edo State while the party was in power in the state, the Biblical years of the Locust came to mind. Wikipedia describes locusts as “certain species of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae that have a swarming phase. These insects are …

It was so hard last week to watch the Markurdi video of trailer-loads of caskets bearing the bodies of the over 70 persons killed by suspected cattle herdsmen in Benue State. Imagine the awful scene: rows and rows of caskets of lives suddenly and needlessly terminated in just one theatre of violence, being transported to a mass burial, watched or …

By Chris Azebamwan Since the APC’s Mega Rally in Benin City, where former PDP leaders defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday, January 19, Chris Nehikhare has not known peace. Those close to him say he has been lamenting about the fate of the dying party and his dwindling political value in the state’s political space. Nehikhare’s …

By Chris Osa Nehikhare To APC, PDP is like the owl. The mere sight of the owl, instills fear. If it hoots, they shiver in fear. If it’s quiet, their fear consumes them. The decamping of two or three former PDP members triggered the fear button of APC and Adams Oshiomhole. Adams Oshiomhole couldn’t stop talking Today we heard the …