Opinion

OBJ Vs Adenuga: A memory By Louis Odion, FNGE

Opinion January 7, 2017

Chief Olusegun Obasanjo....Under his watch, Mike Adenuga was reduced to a common refugee running out of the country through the NADECO route The following, an abridgement of a two-part series entitled "Michael Ishola Adenuga"...

Leadership recruitment: The Adefarasin doctrine By Louis Odion, FNGE

Opinion December 12, 2016

Paul Adefarasin, House on the Rock Leader Lately, the chief priest of the House on the Rock, Pastor Paul Adefarasin, has been championing an advocacy of sorts. Merely professing Christianity,...

NNPC, stupidity & Niger crude By Louis Odion, FNGE

Opinion December 4, 2016

Maikanti Baru, NNPC boss Coming on the heels of perceived "re-Northernization" of the commanding height of NNPC and the presidential marching orders for the resuscitation of oil exploration in the Lake Chad...

Mimiko: Profile in treachery By Louis Odion, FNGE

Opinion December 4, 2016

Mr. Iroko to Gbabode? A cartoon published earlier by Punch offers perhaps the most prophetic foreword to the political tragedy that climaxed in Ondo on November 26. Someone in an unconscious state is sketched being hustled away from...

Dasuki: The ghost of 1986 By Louis Odion, FNGE

Opinion November 19, 2016

General Muhammadu Buhari on the eve of his arrest by IBB & Dasuki and his detention in Benin City, Edo State Doubtless, deposed Sokoto sultan, Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki, died heartbroken on...

As OBJ hustles for recognition By Louis Odion, FNGE

Opinion November 19, 2016

Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo....He might be lucky enough to get a Photo Op with US President Donald Trump Of the tones of messages that have been pouring into the iconic Trump Towers...

Soyinka & Trump’s illegitimate kids By Louis Odion, FNGE

Opinion November 19, 2016

Wole Soyinka....A misunderstood Sage? This must be a depressing hour indeed for the man who “fashioned the drama of existence” and first black Nobel prizewinner in Literature, Professor Wole Soyinka. A comment uttered...

PMB, Magu & ‘the cabal’

Opinion November 13, 2016

Malam Ibrahim Magu....The Indefatigable Anti-Corruption Guru Anyone still wondering why the hardworking Ibrahim Magu has not been confirmed EFCC chairman yet, one year on, could not be familiar with high-wire intrigues in...

Oshiomhole in Edo history By Louis Odion, FNGE

Opinion November 13, 2016

Adams Oshiomhole....Leaving a Great Legacy of Development in Edo State after 8 Years in Power Though continents apart, there are a surfeit of parallels between outgoing US President Barak Obama and...

Love in the time of recession by Louis Odion, FNGE

Opinion November 6, 2016

Can you share a love with a smiling face like this lady in a time of recession? With the stocks looking stuck on the economy front, with figures simply no longer...