Opinion

The sentence 'a nut for a jar of tuna' is the same when read backwards.    Ademola Babalola wrote on his FB page last week about his mum...    In 1982, I was a Meteorological Observer at the Headquarters office of Ogun-Osun River...

The effect of northern political dominance and hegemony in Nigerian politics is not in contention any more. This is why questions have been raised by some concerned individuals why one region should continue to rule or dominate virtually the...

I came across an article in the Africa Oil+Gas Report titled "NNPC's Grab and Grab Will Demarket the Nigerian Hydrocarbon Opportunity." Indications from the body of the article show that Seplat Energy was behind the write up to tarnish the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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:...

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...