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OPINION: HUMANISM AND ITS POSSIBILITIES IN AFRICA

I want to share with you the reasons why I am a humanist and why I have devoted the last two decades of my life working and campaigning to promote humanism in Africa. Humanism is a way of thinking...

OPINION: 2019 ELECTION SEQUENCE: OVERRIDING PMB’S VETO

By writing to both chambers of the National Assembly to express his reservations about the Electoral Act 2010 Amendment Bill, President Muhammadu Buhari has  withheld his assent and cast doubt on the rationality of the lawmakers to review or...

The World Reacts To The Death Of Physicist Stephen Hawking

Reaction to the death of theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking: “His passing has left an intellectual vacuum in his wake. But it’s not empty. Think of it as a kind of vacuum energy permeating the fabric of spacetime that defies measure.”...

OPINION: SKEPTICAL AFRICA: HOMEOPATHY IS SUGAR, NOT MEDICINE

Funding for homeopathic medicine is coming to an end in the UK. The BBC has reported that from April the Royal London Hospital, which used to be called Royal London Homeopathic Hospital will no longer be financing homeopathic remedies....

OPINION: OBASEKI AND THE DIALECTICS OF OPPOSITIONAL POLITICS

The political developments in Edo state, presently, are akin to a game of football in which two teams are determined to run away with victory.  The match has been intense and energy-sapping.  Controversial goals have been scored.  And just now, due to...

OPINION: OSINBAJO’S DEFENSE OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S APPOINTMENTS

Human beings are such complicated creatures who can hardly be satisfied. And Nigerians, though great in mental capacity and wisdom, have proven to be amongst the most complicated of God's creatures on earth. At least, I have come in...

OPINION: LAGOS STATE AND THE POLITICS OF TAXATION

The government of Lagos state seems to be currently in the eye of the storm over its introduction of a law, a property tax as it were, known as the Land Use Charge Act of 2018, which repeals a...

OPINION: SO IGP IDRIS DISOBEYED BUHARI, ABANDONED BENUE TO CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY?

The first task of Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police (IGP), when he assumed office in 2016, was to probe Solomon Arase, his predecessor. Idris had alleged that Arase privatised official vehicles on his departure, rendering him "immobile". But this turned...

OPINION: EKWEREMADU: BETWEEN DEMOCRACY AND THE MILITARY

Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu is an interesting character. He is always excited, haughty and very mouthy. If Nigerians perceive the current Senate more as a punishment chamber than a parliament, its because of leaders like Ekweremadu. His soul...

OPINION: HAS BUHARI UNLEASHED A DRAGON OF POVERTY?

With less than ten calendar months to the commencement of the next electioneering campaigns that would herald the year 2019 general elections, two broad economic challenges confront millions of Nigerians namely, insecurity of lives and property and economic insecurity. The...