Opinion

OPINION: COMMENDING NIRSAL’s INTERVENTIONS

The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) does not ring a bell. I can guess that many would struggle to understand what NIRSAL stands for. This is understandable, though, given the agency's mandate that stimulates the...

OPINION: APC ON THE VERGE OF COLLAPSE, WHO WILL RESCUE THIS SINKING SHIP? 

It is no longer news that the All Progressives Congress, APC is in serious crises due to its inability to resolve the lingering zoning arrangement for party positions and the lack of commitment by the caretaker committee in setting...

OPINION: DO NOT KICK TINUBU WHEN HE IS DOWN

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Please note, this writer has never been a fan of Tinubu, the conqueror of Lagos State. We were taught at home, never to kick a man when he is down. The bathroom accident some Nigerians are making a mockery of,...

OPINION: IT’S TIME FOR A NEW ECONOMIC DEAL BETWEEN THE EU AND AFRICA

To mark the participation of Nigeria at the ongoing 6th EU-AFRICA summit in Brussels, Belgium, President Muhammadu Buhari today, Thursday, penned an opinion article to coincide with the opening of the meeting in the Politico, an online/offline magazine which...

OPINION: NWABUEZE TO SOLUDO: GIVE IT EVERYTHING YOU HAVE

Prof. Ben Nwabueze needs no introduction. He is a Soludo believer through and through. I was not surprised to read his treatise on "Igbo Leaders of Thought: A Revolution of Intellectuals," a greater part which is devoted to the...

OPINION: POLITICS, POLICIES AND GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA

Of a truth, Nigeria’s major predicament is that those who occupy the driver’s seat in her public administration have masked their interest to appear as if it is the public interest. Of course, the pursuit of this interest is...

OPINION: KYARI DESERVES OUR STANDING OVATION

"The deeds you do may be the only sermon some persons will hear today" -St Francis of Assisi. Petroleum is a vital source of energy and essential raw material in the manufacturing process all over the world. Nigeria's demand for refined...

OPINION: NIGERIA 2023: THE POLITICIAN AND SHEIKH ROCHAS

I am not a candidate of rotation or zoning, I am a candidate of justice, maybe the Southeast or the South has not been able to present their matter very well before the rest of Nigeria. I am sure...

OPINION: 64 TOASTS TO THINGS FALL APART

This year marks the 64th anniversary of the iconic novel, Things Fall Apart, written by Chinua Achebe. It was first published on June 17, 1958 by William Heinemann, London and contains only 50,380 words, but it has packed more...

OPINION: ENFORCING GOOD HYGIENE IN MARKETPLACES

The marketplace is an important part of a community all over the world. It could be an open square or a place in a commercial location where buying and selling takes place. Wikipedia defines market place or market as a...