Viewpoints

I have two issues with Rev. Fr. Camillus Ejikeme Mbaka’s approach to social and political matters, and I will state them right away. One is his tendency to declare with finality what will happen to the world or to people of the world that have gone astray. We Christians live in New Testament times which […]

Where is General Muhammadu Buhari’s school leaving certificates? Vanguard led the search on Friday 2 January 2014 with the claim by the Army that the military is not with Buhari’s original certificates, contrary to what he may have alleged in an affidavit submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Two days later, The Punch […]

I find something in common with what Yinka Odumakin and Tunde Bakare are saying about the February elections. They sound like voices of reason.  I listened to separate interviews by two notable south west politicians – Yinka Odumakin (the activist) and Tunde Bakare (the pastor.) Both are being “accused” of discretely or openly supporting Candidate […]

President Goodluck Jonathan just wished Nigerians a “happy Christmas.” Is it merry or happy Christmas, Mr. President? Like many others, I’m left wondering whether we should actually be greeting “Merry Christmas,” or “Happy Christmas” at this time. I wanted to upbraid the President for choosing to go against the grain, but decided to do a […]

It is no news that President Goodluck Jonathan and General Muhammadu Buhari have been selected by their respective parties as the gladiators for the President’s crown in 2015. What should be a matter of concern are the indiscreet noises that we are beginning to read and hear from the social media regarding the two warriors. […]

I couldn’t help paying attention to a trending conversation on premier blogger Linda Ikeji’s latest toy – a N24m Range Rover Sport – which she promoted on her blog.  I want to join in. I’ve visited the Linda Ikeji blog twice before. The first was to study the strategy she uses to attract heavy traffic […]

I finally got around to reading Gov. Fashola’s “take-away” on the Ekiti polls. After going through it, I shook my head in awe. The Governor’s intelligence is legendary, but on this take-away, I thought he was simply disingenuous. For instance, since when did it become a given that being cerebral or a performing technocrat guarantees […]

Have Nigerian judges now decided to treat the criminal poor like the criminal rich? On Tuesday 13 March 2014, a magistrate, Mrs. Chinyere Nwacheonwu, handed down an unusual sentence to a man accused of stealing money from an Abuja Church: she asked one Augustine Bala (27) to sweep and clean for one month a church […]

…if am sitting on a seat and somebody is coming to remove me without consultation, I will hold on to the seat even if the seat want to break; Senator Aloysius Etok (above left), commenting on Gov. Godswill Akpabio’s ambition to unseat him as the Senator representing Ikot Ekpene District. The battle is now being […]

 I have read Facebook commentators drawing parallels between Nigerian security officers in Baga, Borno State, and American security in Boston, Massachusetts. This is silly .   All right-thinking people should deplore tragic loss of human life, especially when it results from willful acts of aggression or vendetta. Therefore, what was reported to have happened to the […]