Nigeria @59: Can Nation Develop Without Resolving Nationhood Question?

Opinion

by globalsentinelnews1 - October 8, 2019October 9, 20190

Law Mefor The Nigerian nation state has, since inception, become a workshop in nation building. Many development rolling plans have been formulated by the past and present variegated regimes. Huge resources not even available to many developed nations have been haphazardly deployed with predictably erratic results. You do recall the two broad

Isiaka Abdulrasaq – The truth behind the facade of an ‘Achiever’

Opinion

by globalsentinelnews1 - September 29, 2019September 29, 20190

Mark Adebayo The fight against corruption is one of the major objectives of the current administration of President Muhammadu Buhari and it is the responsibility of the government and the general populace to work hand in hand in this daunting task as corruption is a cancer that has eaten deeply

Curing the doubts over Presidential Election Tribunal

by globalsentinelnews1 - September 9, 2019September 9, 20190

Law Mefor The travails of the Nigerian Judiciary in the recent times climaxed with the ignoble removal of the former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Nkanu Onnoghen, few months ago. Onnoghen’s disgrace unexpectedly shook the Judiciary to the foundations...It rightly created the doubts over the independence of the

Presidential Election Petition: Why certificate mattered

Opinion

by globalsentinelnews1 - September 7, 2019September 7, 20190

Law Mefor This practice is good and global best, and time-honoured. You cannot put something on nothing and expect it to stand. In other words, you cannot put a first degree certificate on a base that lacks the secondary education foundation, as that level is designed as the feeder to the

Rochas Okorocha: Playing the ostrich on the road to perdition

Opinion

by globalsentinelnews1 - August 16, 2019August 16, 20190

Uche Igwe Let me assist the author by clarifying that I am an indigene of Imo State and grew up in Owerri. I do not need help to move around. I have already gathered comprehensive information about the scandalous reign of Okorocha and only decided to share enough to

The Wall Street Journal and nocturnal burials

by globalsentinelnews1 - August 14, 2019August 14, 20190

Col. Timothy Antigha Just like weddings, burial rites of service personnel even during periods of hostility constitute an integral part of the Traditions and Customs of the Nigerian Army and indeed the military, as inherited from the British. The practice is that, upon the death of serving personnel, his Commanding Officer

Rochas Okorocha and the anatomy of ‘lootocrazy’ in Imo State

by globalsentinelnews1 - August 13, 2019August 13, 20190

Uche Igwe I must confess that from the revelations, it is now clear that the former governor cleverly crafted a self-serving strategy for his looting by masking it in false eloquence, misguided populism, deceptive sloganeering and disingenuous comedy. The graphic exposition of the extent of looting which he masterminded

Still on the Presidency, Shi’ites and the Police

by globalsentinelnews1 - July 28, 2019July 28, 20190

Yushau A. Shuaib “Please, in the name of God don’t fight or fire…” – DCP Usman Umar The above were the last words of Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Usman Umar, who was shot while attempting to rescue one of his officers, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Sani Shehu, during a violent protest

Shiites: Is history about to repeat itself under President Buhari?

by globalsentinelnews1 - July 26, 2019July 26, 20190

Uche Igwe What happened in Abuja last week bears a resemblance to how Boko-Haram insurgency began. The picture is very clear that these hostilities may continue to escalate. That was how Boko Haram slowly transformed from what many dismissed as a ragtag army of disgruntled youth to one of the

Buhari’s ministerial list of doom or boom?

Opinion

by globalsentinelnews1 - July 23, 2019July 23, 20190

Fredrick Nwabufo Reinforcing failure is trying to solve a problem with the same washed-out tools, methods and live-ware. A president is as good as his cabinet; this is the reason competence and character, and not political value, must take precedence over every other item in a detailing list. Just like in the