Opinion Corner

By Louis Odion, FNGE A dialogue imaginatively ascribed to what would ordinarily pass as an innocuous photograph from a routine official event opens perhaps the best aperture on the festering culture of political degeneracy. (The author of the mischief that trended in the social media is understandably anonymous.) Face lit up with his trademark fawning smile, Rochas Okorocha is shown …

By Louis Odion, FNGE As the second week of Lent opened last week, the mostly Catholic folks of Odiguetue community could not have envisaged murder and mayhem while in a solemn pursuit of the state of grace riding the steed of faith. But how mistaken they were; the ecumenical sobriety invoked by days of dedicated fasting would be shattered by …

Edo State House of Assembly’s recent rejection of financial autonomy marks a new low ground in the on going legislative imperialism of State Assemblies in Nigeria. Executive expansion of dominance and exploitation of the weaker legislature has eroded the sense of placement inherent in the practice of separation of powers characteristic of modern democracy. The unequal exchange of perks of …

How can a government that takes the likes of Amaechi seriously be taken seriously by the rest of humanity? Who were those in PDP that caused that Party credibility problems? Were they from Jupiter? Most of those men and women are right in bed with this regime. It is not surprising that they are gradually afflicting the government with their …

By Erasmus Ikhide The damning verdict that Africa Continent has regressed terribly in the 21st century in every respect in modern memory has come to stay. African Union (AU) leadership in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia made more worsening mistakes which further dampen the thinning hope for a better future for the continent. The fraudulent honor done on President Muhammadu Buhari as …

By Erasmus Ikhide Nigerians and the global community are unsettled with the compromising silence of President Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigerian traditional media over the repatriation of $73.3, which forms part of the Malabu oil deal. This is mainly one of the reasons President Buhari’s circuit show of anti-graft gambit has been overwhelmingly submerged in total condemnation. Quite condescendingly, Mr. …

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 …