Opinion

OPINION: DEALING WITH INSECURITY VIA THE EL-RUFAI PRINCIPLE

Even the deaf can hear the rhythm of chaos pervading the atmosphere. One could feel the heavy hands of the grave danger. There are no pretences about it. Internal peace and security of lives have departed. Lives are snuffed...

OPINION: MR. PRESIDENT WHILE YOU WERE AWAY

While the cat's away the mouse will play; na before be dat. PCD In Yoro, Honduras, the people speak of the lluvia de peces, or the rain of fish, which they commemorate with a festival during the rainy season. Miracles...

OPINION: OBSESSION WITH LADIES ENDOWMENT HAS BROKEN EMPIRES

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There are proven facts that ladies are better managers than men. Recently, most of the countries managed by ladies had lower Covid-19 deaths than those managed by men. Grandma's traditional medical preventive Covid-19 success in Africa still baffles outsiders....

OPINION: ISLAMOPHOBIA: PANTAMI AND THE HYPOCRISY OF HIS DETRACTORS

Profiling. Targeting. Scapegoating. In Nigeria, you are more likely to effectuate wry remarks and suspicious stares if you are the prototypical Muslim with full-bred beard, a ''decimal point'' on your forehead – a sign of your devotion to Almighty...

OPINION: Fighting Insecurity: When to Support The Police

The police as the foremost law enforcement agency oftentimes come under fierce attack and destructive criticisms as a result of unprofessional conduct of few persons who have continued to portray the force in a bad light. Most often also,...

OPINION: Yinka Odumakin: The Storm is Over!

Abiodun, stop crying; the storm is over!’ Those were the exact words of Peter Oluyinka Odumakin to me at Saint James’ Anglican Church, Aramoko-Ekiti in Ekiti State, on November 5, 2009. It was on the occasion of my wedding to the-then Miss Oluwafunmilola Awosusi.   For obvious reasons, it was to be a day...

OPINION: BROADENING OPPORTUNITIES OF GOVERNMENT FUNDING OF THE INFORMAL SECTOR

We begin by appreciating the Federal Government for the very laudable economic intervention programmes it has initiated in recent times. We consider these programmes as fundamental interventions towards the economic recovery of the Nigerian State. In spite of the...

OPINION: PASTOR ADEFARASIN, IF NIGERIA IS A SCAM; THEN WE’RE ALL SCAMMERS

It is the bounden duty of every citizen to hold the government to account. In fact, citizenship is a call to duty – for the state. And there is no compelling duty which supersedes citizens subjecting their employees –...

OPINION: TWITTER AFRICAN PRESENCE: NIGERIA VS. GHANA RIVALRY CONTINUES

It is no more news that US-based social media company Twitter Inc has concluded plans to establish a presence on the African continent in line with its growth strategy. Recall that Twitter’s founder and CEO, Jack Dorsey, visited Nigeria,...

OPINION: NEW IGP, EBUBE AGU AND OTHER STORIESUSMAN ALKALI BABA

The removal of former Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu by President Muhammadu Buhari 27 days to the end of the three months extension that the President granted him on February 4, is now seen by those who opposed...