Peter Claver Oparah

Oparah writes from Ikeja, Lagos.

The Nation Dangles as Yar'Adua Pines Away

A sneak preview of the fiery war that awaits us in the aftermath of Yar'Adua's complicated health state is the internecine power struggle that has started and which threatens to blow into a full fledged war should the president cease to function in power...

Imo State And The Amnesty Package

When Imo and Abia States were mischievously left out of the benefits that naturally should come to them as a result of their oil-producing status, it took me quite some time to convince some prominent Igbo groups and individuals, as well as commentators on national issues, that the omission was worth fighting against...

Soludo Should Arrest His Dream

To tell the truth, I was never persuaded by the showy manner Soludo went about his duties. But then, he was merely living up to the unwritten creed of that regime that placed so much emphasis on self-glorification and substituting same for stellar performance...

As The Deregulation Blues Resonates Again

The hounds are unleashed on this god-forsaken and raped country again. They are laundered in their legion to prey on hapless and battered Nigerians. They have dusted their cannibalistic writs and are spewing utter balderdash that supports the renewal of their strength against the sagging life line of Nigerians...

All Eyes on the Judiciary in Ekiti

With the salacious details of what happened in Ekiti in April 2009, when the shambolic re-run polls happened thumbing in at the state election tribunal headed by Justice , there is every need for the guilty to be afraid that the end of another impostor is near...

After Life's Fitful Fever, Gani Sleeps Well

I had almost come to believe that men like Gani will never die. How wrong was I proved on that rainy Saturday morning when the falcon flew away?

Of 'Forged' Police Report and the Main Plot in Osun

Somehow, in the wake of the high drama that followed last week's arrest of the AC gubernatorial candidate for Osun State in the April 2007 election, Engr. Rauf Aregbesola, I got thinking about how this country has sank to a huge Animal Farm...

Yar'adua's Costly Lagos Adventure

For those who parroted the sincere commitment of Umaru Yar'Adua to the rule of law, it is becoming obvious that the man and his government are more interested in how such empty sloganeering aids their political interests...

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