Opinion

OPINION: TACKLING NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON YOUTHS

The misuse of the social media nowadays calls for concern. If nothing is done to check it, it will definitely affect the younger generation in the future. Even little children are exposed to the use of smart phones, which...

OPINION: ELECTION OF OCH’IDOMA: MATTERS ARISING

One of the remarkable events that brought the year 2021 to a close in Benue State was the election of a new Och’Idoma on December 30. In fixing that date, the Benue State Government may have intended to offer...

OPINION: THE NORTH WILL DETERMINE NIGERIA’S NEXT PRESIDENT

Ask ZiVA 728x90 Ads
In Nigeria's politics, the north is indispensable – and it has always been. By the contrivance of kismet, the north has always held all the aces as the repository of political power since independence. And I say it is...

OPINION: 2023 PRESIDENTIAL RACE: RUN, FAYEMI RUN

Brian Tracy, the famous motivational speaker, said the true test of leadership is how well one functions in a crisis. Throughout history, crises have been the breeding ground for individuals we later describe as great leaders, and in many...

OPINION: NIGERIAN PRESIDENCY AND OTHER ISSUES

We are approaching a time of reckoning in Nigerian history. In a year from now, Nigeria would be primed to elect a new leader. Recently, Rochas Okorocha declared to contest for presidency, as others had declared. It's interesting that a...

OPINION: LEADERSHIP RECRUITMENT AND OUR CONSTITUTION

Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of Nigeria's House of Representatives, was the Guest Speaker at the 52nd Convocation Ceremony of the University of Lagos, his alma mater, on Monday, January 17, 2022. The theme of the lecture was: "Building Back Better:...

OPINION: JARUMA, NWOKO AND THE PRICE OF WEALTH

For the past three days, the Nigerian media and indeed lawyers have been throwing themselves over the sensational news of the arrest, remand and eventual bail of self-acclaimed sex therapist, Hauwa Saidu Mohammed, alias Jaruma. Jaruma who was arrested and...

OPINION: NIGERIA—NO BE JUJU BE THIS?

This is not just primitive rural superstition; is practised by all kinds of people, from illiterate herd boys to multi-dregreed university professors. If you don't understand the power of this belief, you will never truly grasp the rich...

OPINION: DID ROTIMI AMAECHI TAKE AN OATH OF SILENCE?

Has Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, lost his trenchant voice to the serpentine politics of Aso Rock? Has the fabled Lion of Ubima been emasculated and magicked into a wimpy cat? Has Chibuike Nwaamaechi, who defied a sitting president;...

OPINION: POLITICAL BRANDING: REDEFINING POLITICKING

Politics, Elections, Campaigns, Voters, these words mean different things to different people, they are attributed to democracy, a concept that is built on giving equitable representation, but what is representation if a few too many are not involved in...