Peter Claver Oparah

Owelle Rochas Okorocha, the Governor of Imo State has sinned. You might chuckle that all have sinned and so what’s the big deal? But his own sins are unforgiveable. They are mortal sins and no redeeming grace can remedy him...

Fifty two years after what is largely described as our flag independence, Nigeria lies wrecked and hobbled. A country that breathed much hope and inspiration fifty two years ago is today a sad and regrettable instance of what a nation should not be...

From the erratic, unpredictable and unsure brainwave that rules the country's economy at present came the decree one sultry morning that the Naira is about to be restructured. The high point of the restructuring is the plan to print N5,000 notes and the conversion of lower denomination of the national currency  into coins...

Our president, Goodluck Jonathan, is ill at ease with his perception amongst the people he rules. Some days ago, he laid the blame for his woeful performance on the press and followed it up by asserting that he has lost faith in the Nigerian press to give a fair assessment of his regime...

And so Nigeria returned from the London Olympics empty handed? And so we came back not even with a wooden medal? And as is traditional with our dawdy and bankrupt system, we are keeping a straight face about it?

The way and manner the Comrade Governor, Adams Oshiomhole routed the PDP candidate in the just concluded Edo State governorship election showed that if they have a system that can be trusted to allow them make the best possible choice on who governs them, Nigerians can make a difference with democracy...

On July 14, the Comrade Governor, Adams Oshiomhole will stand before his Edo people to demand for re-election. In this quest, he has his stellar handiwork in his first four year term to speak for him. The idea for elected officers to go for an encore is predicated on performance...

So, President Goodluck Jonathan doesn’t want to declare his assets? And he doesn’t give a damn about it? So the one that went to school shoeless is so sensitive to declare what mother fortune and sleight of political hand has thrust on him?