Opinion

OPINION: THE FUTURE OF SUSTAINABLE FOOD SUPPLY: IS GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD AN OPTION?

The common social concerns are high mortality rate, poverty and malnutrition in the country. But for the concerns that bother on health, the advice is usually to reduce fats, cholesterol and sugar intake, improve on nutrition and good diet,...

OPINION: HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF ZULUM’S ENDORSEMENT OF AKUME

There is nothing, so far, in the race for the national chair of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), that is as significant in form, content and context as the open endorsement of Senator George Akume for the plum...

OPINION: DOYIN OKUPE: “THE ATTACK LION” AT 70

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Omoba Adedoyin Ajibike Okupe - the man popularly known as the "attack dog" of Nigerian politics, who eventually re-christened himself "the attack lion" is 70 today, March 22, 2022. Yesterday, friends and family gathered in Lagos to honour...

OPINION: 2019 AUDIT REPORT: HOW KYARI CAME TO EQUITY WITH CLEAN HANDS

"Transparency is the antidote to hypocrisy." --Britt Merrick. The major headline last week was "Auditor-General queries NNPC GMD over failure to remit N663.89 billion to Federation Account" and "Audit Query: Reps summon heads of 17 NNPC subsidiaries" According to...

OPINION: EL- ZAKZAKY’S CONTINUED ORDEAL

It is now eight months since Sheikh Zakzaky and wife, Zeenah Ibraheem, were discharged and acquitted by a Kaduna High Court of all the criminal charges levelled against them, after spending almost six years in illegal detention. One would have...

OPINION: CAN IFEANYI OKOWA GIVE ATIKU A GOOD RUN FOR PDP TICKET?

Did you know Ifeanyi Okowa is running for president in 2023? Well, yes, he is. I was surprised when I learnt the governor of Delta state had been putting coal in the fire in preparations for his presidential bid....

OPINION: PETER OBI: THE PRESIDENT NIGERIA NEEDS

Nigeria deserves a patriotic and selfless leader at this critical juncture of her chequered history. The nation needs a man whose public actions, utterances and opinions of the running government, reflects the mood of the nation and the overall...

OPINION: NIGERIA AND THOSE SLAPS OF SUFFERING

I sorry sorry o, I sorry for Nigeria I sorry sorry o, I sorry for Africa Sorry sorry o (trice) But with these kind of leaders Africa no get hope Africans will suffer 'Til the suffer reach our bone Olufela Olufemi Anikulapo Kuti This was the song...

OPINION: NIGERIA’S DECAYING UNIVERSITIES: BLAME GOVT, NOT ASUU

I have always had this lingering suspicion that apart from representing the deep-seated contempt that has come to define government's attitude to the welfare of public sector workers, its shoddy, often, disdainful, treatment of the Academic Staff...

OPINION: THE SPARK OF KINDNESS THAT IS IMPACTING COMMUNITIES THROUGH FIRSTBANK STAFF INITIATIVES

Have you seen the videos on this link: https://www.firstbanknigeria.com/home/impact/crs-week/? Piece of advice: Please hold your handkerchief or make sure there is a good supply of tissue paper while you view.   The initiative that inspired the efforts and results seen in the...