Opinion

OPINION: CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS AND THE GHOST OF “RESTRUCTURING”

Nations’ constitutions are fundamental aspects of their political processes and democratic existence. Many modern states have devoted a considerable amount of time and resources to their constitutional developments. This is because constitutions are products of a nation’s socio-political development....

OPINION: LESSONS FROM OSUN APC GOVERNORSHIP PRIMARY

“As long as we have faith in our own cause and an unconquerable will to win, victory will not be denied us.” - Winston Churchill The Osun APC Governorship Primary, won by the incumbent Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, has come...

OPINION: RUSSIA, UKRAINE AND A NIGERIA GESTURE 

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It is really sad and disappointing that Russia invaded Ukraine. A country deliberately invaded a neighbouring country in 2022. With all the defence mechanisms set in place to either prevent or end this ugly incident, it still happened. Russia wishes...

OPINION: TAKEAWAYS FROM OYETOLA’S TOUR OF OSUN LGAS

Evidently, the strategic engagement tour, recently embarked upon by Governor Gboyega Oyetola, to all the Local Governments Areas (LGAs) in Osun State, was a veritable look-back mechanism, which afforded him a rare empirical assessment of the public administration journey...

OPINION: NATURAL RESOURCES: A NIGERIAN YOUTH

According to the United Nations, a youth is a person between the ages 15 and 25. According to the African Youth Charter, youths are persons between the ages of 15 - 35. Youth in Nigeria includes all members of...

OPINION: PUTIN’S GOAL: INVADE WESTERN DEMOCRACY & RESTORE RUSSIAN EMPIRE 

The world was warned about the coming of Putin's reign to restore the Russian empire beyond the old Soviet Union. Though Russia is not as wealthy as the Western countries, Putin appealed to some Western greedy instincts by financing...

OPINION: SORRY, I DON’T THINK JONATHAN IS COMING

Second chances. Not everyone deserves them. What will former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (GEJ) do differently if, by the contrivance of fate, he runs for presidential office and gets elected in 2023? I think the tragedies of the past...

OPINION: BORN IN A NIGERIA OF CHAOS

"My generation owes this country a debt of gratitude we can never repay because this country has given us more than we have given back and I look at your generation, I feel really sorry for your generation. Our...

OPINION: THE RAGING PROTEST OVER IELTS TEST IN NIGERIA

The protest over the propriety of writing the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) by Nigerian students seeking admission into universities and those desirous to work in the United Kingdom is deserving and highly commendable. A right step in...

OPINION: ASSENT INTO LAW OF THE ELECTORAL ACT 2022: LANDMARK MOMENT FOR THE NATION

The assent to the Electoral Act 2022 by President Muhammadu Buhari after the back and forth on some controversial provisions underscores the perfect workings of a parliament and executive both driven by new energy to deliver change in a...