by Omozuwa Gabriel Osamwonyi The Arab Spring teaches many lessons. One is worthy of emphasis. Feelings of alienation balloon when the people’s development is outside a leader’s orbit of interest. Widespread latent hostility, which easily triggers violent revolution, is near inevitable when leaders luxuriate in enclaves of splendour, while their followers pine in misery in... Read More

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Opinion: Rethinking the concept of leadership in Nigeria

by Omozuwa Gabriel Osamwonyi Rethinking leadership is the first step to revitalising it. If we collectively understand the essence of leadership, it will foster a culture of political accountability, ….and reduce the insidious spread of corruption within the body politic. Leadership is an airy-fairly concept to many Nigerians. We are not lexically impoverished, it is... Read More

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May 11, 2013

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Opinion: Gov. Shettima is right on the revolution we need

by Omozuwa Gabriel Osamwonyi The fuel subsidy crisis showed how our politics canonizes falsity, impoverishes the masses and debases our common humanity. Leaders at various strata of our society seem to have chosen an education in corruption, instead of one in service. Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno state spoke truth to Nigeria’s self-absorbed political elite... Read More

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April 8, 2013

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Opinion: Ending the poverty of aspiration in Nigeria

by Omozuwa Gabriel Osamwonyi A society that cannot awaken the creative imagination of succeeding generations and create enabling environments for them to attain stardom in their chosen endeavours, is at the cusp of social and cultural collapse. Nigeria is poor. We are poor in many ways: Materially, ethically and so forth. Material poverty is... Read More

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March 31, 2013

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Opinion: Lifting the burden of public mistrust

by Omozuwa Gabriel Osamwonyi Widespread public distrust is usually counterproductive. It does not spur the public to hold government accountable. It hampers popular participation in governance. Voters’ apathy stems from it. Every day, we witness odd political happenings in Nigeria. We are so accustomed to them that it may not make news if a high-profile... Read More

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March 22, 2013

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Opinion: Let’s face it, the ‘sex sells’ has got just too much

by Omozuwa Gabriel Osamwonyi Many young Nigerians flaunt their bodies in attention-seeking outfits, which scream: Look at me; I am a godlike symbol of sex. Even many professionals dress to workplaces like club-persons with the manners of Essex girls. Nigerians are largely fashion victims. We indigenise the fashion blunders of half-naked Hollywood celebrities. Our uncritical... Read More

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March 3, 2013

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Opinion: Why we must end extrajudicial murders

by Omozuwa Gabriel Osamwonyi Whose responsibility is it to maintain civil order and public peace when students are rioting? What is the rule of engagement governing the use of force in domestic operations? Should security operatives be allowed to use firearms on anyone who appears unarmed? The recent brutal extrajudicial murder of four students of... Read More

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February 21, 2013

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Opinion: Pastor, please, lie to me!

by Omozuwa Gabriel Osamwonyi It is almost foolproof that pastor is Satan’s mouthpiece if he stops proclaiming truth and is always interpreting biblical footnotes. Be careful, if he has formed the habit of using Greek lexicon to fierily reinterpret (should I say misinterpret?) Sometime ago at a public forum, a well-respected acquaintance of mine made... Read More

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