Opinion

OPINION: 2023 VOTER REGISTRATION: NOW WE HAVE A CHANCE IN OUR HANDS

You can wager that one of my favourite songs of all time is the popular “One Moment in Time” – a song by American singer Whitney Houston, written by Albert Hammond and John Bettis, and produced by Narada Michael...

OPINION: PROF. SONNY TYODEN: PEACE BUILDING AGENT ON THE PLATEAU

Although the Nigerian Constitution has evidently not assigned any definite or particular official responsibilities to deputy governors, apart from being in office just to assist or deputise for their principals, their roles are at the discretion of their bosses. The...

NNPC’S LATEST SUBSIDY BILL AND THE BUHARI GOVT’S SHAMELESSNESS

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Is Nigeria under a spell never to know how to deploy her resources for the welfare and wellbeing of her citizenry? How do you reconcile that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is again coming up with the tale...

OPINION: A NATION IN SEARCH OF HOPE

“Where have you been, you this guy?” “Omo, I no go deceive you. I just meet this girl wey dey turn my head. Shey you know, I no go deceive you. You don’t need to die to discover Heaven. Heaven...

OPINION: AS BUHARI DELIVERS LEGACY PROJECTS WITH MEAGRE EARNINGS

Recently the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative NEITI released a 10-year report on the country’s oil earnings amounting to $418.54bn out of which $300bn was earned under the administrations of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, while $100bn accrued over...

OPINION: BUHARI RELENTLESSLY OPENING NIGERIA’S DOORS TO INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT

To further actualise his vision for a united, secure, prosperous and economically buoyant country, President Muhammadu Buhari has consciously and consistently tailored his policies and programmes towards achieving this goal within his term in office. As a goal getter, PMB...

OPINION: IGP ALKALI: NIGERIA POLICE AND THE CHALLENGE OF PROFESSIONALISM

Security agencies in the country are the creation of the Nigerian Constitution, which specifies the roles or duties they are expected to perform. For instance, the Armed Forces, the Nigeria Police Force (NP), the Department of Security Service (DSS)...

OPINION: CAN SOCIAL INVESTMENT PROGRAMMES REVERSE NIGERIA’S POVERTY?

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...

OPINION: IN DEFENCE OF VULNERABLE NIGERIANS

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...

OPINION: DEMOCRACY: THE BONE OF CONTENTION

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...