Opinion

By Williams Ochonu “The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.” —Henry Kissinger. The above quote is instructive on the realization that leadership is needed to transform our great country. But the question is thus: are those saddled...

By Abu-Uwesu Yakubu It is saying the obvious that ripples created by the impeachment and removal of Edo State former deputy governor, Philip Shaibu resonates in various degrees among the three leading political parties in the state, albeit negatively. For his state ruling People’s Democratic Party PDP, it causes further...

By Rex Akindele Politics, they say is a game of interest. No permanent friend, no permanent enemy but permanent interest. But in every sphere of life, there’s morality and a man is best respected by his principles and the values he stand for.There’s this school of thought that says “if...

By Aare Abiodun Oluwarotimi I have read a lot of opinions, comments and media back lashes following the interview which a former governor of Benue state and an aspirant for the position of the national chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, Senator Gabriel Suswam PhD had with Channels TV two...

By Aare Abiodun Oluwarotimi Few months ago, the governor of Benue state, Reverend Father Hyacinth Alia set up two Probe Panels to investigate the spendings and loans under the administration of his predecessor, Chief Samuel Ortom PhD. While members of the public were thinking at that time that the governor...

By Binta Alamin Yinusa It is a common fact that a nation can practically be measured and assessed by the kind of police force it has. The quality of the police itself largely depends on the type of its own internal leadership profile. This is very pivotal because on this...

Your Excellency, I bring you warm greetings from the creeks of the Niger Delta. You may never have met me in person, but as my former governor, you’re as much as connected to me as I am to you. For 8 years, you bestrode the landscape of this country like...

By Gidado Ibrahim Nigerians received with ecstasy the safe release of 137 school children abducted from Kuriga in Kaduna State. The safe rescue of the kids portends one thing, that gone are the days when criminal elements invade schools and abduct children at will while government and security agencies watch...

By Bernard Davidson The attempts by Nnamdi Kanu and members of his legal team to rigmarole around the Supreme Court judgment which upheld continued prosecution against him for treasonable charges, is laughable. Not that I outrightly criticise his lawyers for wanting their cut from the levies in dollars, pound sterling...

By Gifado Ibrahim The famous American motivational speaker, Dale Carnegie, once said, “It’s a thousand times easier to criticise than create. That’s why critics are never problem solvers.”It is on this note that I find the recent outbursts of toxic, hired and professional armchair critics, whose latest brief from their...