Opinion

That there are many poor Nigerians is a fact known to many. Sadly, Africa’s biggest economy has been struggling to put her acts together despite being one of the largest producers of crude oil in the continent. It has...

The latest report by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund, which claims that the population of children involved in child labour has risen to 160 million worldwide, is not by any standard a palatable...

Democracy Day is a day set aside to commemorate the restoration of democracy in Nigeria. Initially May 29 was the official date for celebration of democracy. It marked the date when civilian rule re-emerged in 1999 after a protracted...

Exactly three years ago, President Muhammadu Buhari proclaimed June 12 as Democracy Day. It was his third year in office as President of Nigeria and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. It was unparalleled and quite historic. None of his...

I have been privileged to interview quite a number of world leaders in the course of my journalism career. These include President Olusegun Obasanjo, President Ketumile Masire of Botswana, President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, Commonwealth Secretary General Shridath Ramphal, UN...

I first heard about Twitter during my Final Year at Ife University in 2011. I neither knew how it worked nor how to even be a part at the time. I only knew of Facebook which I rarely used...

I have read one anachronistic piece by an unknown author justifying the Twitter Ban. According to the anonymous character whose opinion is being widely circulated on social media by those gloating about the ban, this will enable the country...

Ecosystem refers to a dynamic relationship involving a community or group of living organisms interacting with one another in a specific environment. An ecosystem being a community of living things or organisms (biotic) interacts with non-living (edaphic) components of...

Federal lawmakers have been travelling round the country to sample public opinion on how best to review the amended 1999 Constitution that was hastily prepared by the military. Of course, the exercise, like the previous ones, has cost the...

The appointment of Major-General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff   on May 27, 2021, has generally elicited loud endorsements from Nigerians. His appointment followed the sudden demise of his predecessor, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, who died in...