Opinion Corner

BY EBEN ENASCO  As the 2024 elections approach in Edo State, citizens are wondering if they will be able to exercise their fundamental right to vote without fear of intimidation, manipulation, or coercion. Some believe that the election will be won through “Federal Might”, but when the will of the people is ignored, it’s no longer a democratic victory. The …

The mistakes that Nigeria made is a wide ranging subject to deal with. Yet it is all important to know them for our survival as individuals, ethnic groupings, a country or a nation. The wise are expected to learn from their and other people’s mistakes . I must state that today’s Colloquium in honour of  Pastor Ituah Ighodalo, is well …

By Erasmus, Ikhide The laws that established the nation’s three armed forces – Nigerian Army, Nigerian Air Force and Nigerian Navy – unequivocally stated that the Nigeria federation shall, subject to an Act of the National Assembly made in that behalf, equip and maintain the armed forces as may be considered adequate and effective for the purpose of (a) defending …

By Erasmus Ikhide Under the Presidency of Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the same APC cast, the nation has regressed terribly in an unprecedented scale of ethnocentrism, studious manipulation of the Yoruba folks’ minds by weaponizing their brotherhood and stoking the flames of ethnic politics to cover up for Tinubu’s abhorrent insensitivity, crass inefficiency and deliberate affliction of economic hardship on …

By Emmanuel Aziken The news that President Bola Tinubu had dropped the nomination of Ruby Onwudiwe as the Southeast nominee to the board of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN has stoked different reactions in the country. No reason has been formally given for the withdrawal of the nomination. However, nearly all reports allege that she was dropped after reports emerged that …

By Osazua Ivbaze Senator Adams Oshiomhole’s ‘Funeral’ by Erasmus Ikhide, to which I am making this response, is the most devastating uppercut the Iyamoh politician could have received in recent times. Interestingly, Erasmus hails from Edo North, Afuze, to be specific. He was once, Oshiomhole’s SA on Media. I think Oshiomhole called for it and should therefore bear the pain. …

By Erasmus Ikhide Nigerians are obviously not in doubt that the Nigeria Police Force didn’t learn any moral lessons from #EndSARS protests that almost torpedoed the country because they are victims of emotional intelligence. The Police have demonstrated arrogantly again and again that they’re the poisoned chalice and low hanging fruits on the road to Nigeria’s destruction. Tijani Momoh’s stated …

In a 2009 book, Gideon Rose wrote that Americans think of wars as “street fights on a grand scale, with the central strategic challenge being how to beat up the bad guys.” The military leaders focus on the fighting, paying little attention to the long-term consequences. “But at some point, every war enters what might be called its endgame, and then any …

By Erasmus Ikhide Accreditation of departments is the sole responsibility of the University authorities, including the Visitor, the Governing Council, and University Management. To put the burden on students is completely fraudulent. And it’s even shocking that students pay this so-called accreditation fee every session. Simple arithmetic tells us that if 35,000 students paid N3000 (Three Thousand Naira) only each, …

By Eben Enasco Successive governments in Nigeria appear in leadership stool with different aura after the election’s breakthrough in the series since independence. The Constitution of Nigeria permits everyone with requisite qualifications to contest the presidential seat as well as other contestable political offices. Before victory in each usually dramatic democratic election conducted by an electoral predator, True Blood saw …