Chibok Girls: Time to break the rule – By Louis Odion, FNGE
President Buhari
The latest video
released by Boko Haram showing a section of the missing Chibok girls
should serve as incentive for deeper introspection. At the official level,
perhaps the moment has come to rethink a...
Rio Olympics & political undercurrents – By Louis Odion, FNGE
Vladimir
Putin
The ratcheting up of rhetoric between Washington and Moscow over
the Syrian conflict lately is surely a chilling reminder of the Cold War
between the west and the east last century....
Glossary of a murky season (2) – By Louis Odion, FNGE
Jibrin Abdulmumin
Back in January, this column had taken time off the regular
"hard stuff" to compile a list of new words, phrases and terminologies which had treacherously crept
into the national...
Nation’s open sore: Media as antiseptic – By Louis Odion, FNGE
Sambo Dasuki
Apparently tired of the old
tactic of charge-and-bail of suspects, Nigeria's security establishment
resorted to a tool that looked rather extreme in novelty sometime in 2014
against the entire fourth estate...
Nigeria: Cost of Corruption
President Buhari
It is no longer news that corruption
have increased astronomically in recent years in Nigeria. A skeletal scan
through the pages of several newspapers now depict cases of persons
fraudulently diverting...
The shame of a nation – By Louis Odion, FNGE
Yakubu Dogara
Following
report that a member of parliament (MP) had defrauded British taxpayers of a
"modest" £20,000 some years ago, hell was literally let loose in the
United Kingdom. It was not...
Buhari Vs IBB: Finally the defining moment – By Louis Odion, FNGE
GMB
"...I
found out that some officers were spending money. I asked, 'Where did they get
the money from?' They said it was from the Military Intelligence fund... Later,
I learnt that General...
Trump’s intellectual shoplifting – By Louis Odion, FNGE
Donald Trump
Beyond
his now legendary adroitness at tweeting and hell-raising on the microphone, it
appears Donald Trump is less gifted with the written word. All his campaign,
what defined the presidential flag-bearer...
Democracy feeds Turkey to fascism – By Louis Odion, FNGE
Tayyip Recep Erdogan
From all indications,
Turkey seems marooned at a dark crossroads today. A failed coup last Friday has not only exposed the rump
of military generals but also the darker...
Bouquet for two golden ladies – By Louis Odion, FNGE
Theresa May
With the rise of Theresa May on Wednesday as the new British
Prime Minister to join Germany's resilient Angela Merkel and the prospects of
Hillary Clinton emerging Barak Obama's successor...




















