Opinion

OBJ, Fayose and the Libyan idol By Louis Odion, FNGE

Opinion August 6, 2017

The Orisa (Idol) of Libya, Muamar Qaddafi A humour bag of arguably inexhaustible depth, former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, would make even the most consummate stand-up comic feel inadequate on a good day. From improvising...

Yusuf: The insolent child of impunity By Louis Odion, FNGE

Opinion July 30, 2017

Usman Yussuf....NHIS Executive Director...Right or Wrong? Those tempted to view corruption only in materialist terms, overlooking the abstract subversion of norms and values, will perhaps be forced to have a rethink by...

Modu-Sheriff: The spirit of law By Louis Odion, FNGE

Opinion July 30, 2017

Nyesom, Sheriff and Fayose when the good was going.... It is quite human for Ahmed Markafi and co to quickly imagine the worst storm is over following the legal life-line...

Enter Keyamo, SAN By Louis Odion FNGE

Opinion July 18, 2017

Keyamo (SAN) and the Source-Late Chief Gani Fawehinmi (SAN) In his characterization of the good lawyer, iconic Sapara William described him/her as one devoted to the protection and direction of his/her people....

Magu at the barricade of Abuja pirates By Louis Odion, FNGE

Opinion July 18, 2017

MAGU: Appointed by The Lion, rejected by the Hyenas and Jackals The introduction lately of the impeachment kite into the ongoing tussle between the executive and the legislative branches over the jugular...

Lawmaker as porn star? By Louis Odion, FNGE

Opinion July 11, 2017

See what Senator Abba Buka Ibrahim sold to his people as Governor of Yobe State So, a decade after bequeathing Sharia to Yobe and a quarter century political career during which...

Wisdom comes to Maradona after the whistle By Louis Odion, FNGE

Opinion June 30, 2017

IBB (M) Is he also a democrat? Is Saul too a Prophet? With his latest fulminations, it would appear the transformation of the self-styled military president from an "annullist" to a federalist has...

Poisoning the Nigerian child quietly By Louis Odion, FNGE

Opinion June 30, 2017

The Forbidden Fruit (Aka 'Dale-Mosu) now rampant in Nigeria's educational syllabus for kids Christian clerics currently raising hell over the subsuming of CRK under another subject in the school curriculum could...

Evans: Rise of the invisible neighbour By Louis Odion, FNGE

Opinion June 18, 2017

The Stranger' Community Mathew Hassan Kukah (MHK), it was, who perhaps best framed a key ethical question bogging the contemporary society with collapsing values. To reclaim the moral boundary, the engaging Catholic...

Gomina’s Ghost: A Case for Séance By Louis Odion, FNGE

Opinion June 11, 2017

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State....Is there a need to fear a Ghost? Before we set forth, some clarity might be necessary on the two odd words above. "Gomina" is the...