Opinion

With the prevalence of cashless transactions in today's digital age, there is no doubt that we are presently in an epidemic of electronics fraud. We must be informed that most ATM and POS terminals are vulnerable to hacking because most...

I was quite surprised when on May Day there was a newsflash on national television that the Attorney-General of the Federation ad Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, had issued a statement on the expected James Ibori loot. That day...

From the political tragic-comedy that unfolded in the political topography called Nigeria, in the year 2017, the prevailing harsh economic situation in the country, a state of depression (or is it a recession) designed by yet to be established...

When there are murmurs and whispers of a putsch, someone somewhere may be fiddling with the sticks.  Where there is smoke, there is fire. Turning and turning in the widening gyre, the hawks and vultures circle seeking supper from...

A news report on the front page of The Nigerian Observer of Tuesday May 4, 2021 came with a caption, Edo Deploys Big Data in tax administration as Monthly IGR climbs to N2.8billion. The rider of that caption also said that...

Sheikh Isa Pantami, Nigeria's Communications Minister has been trending on social media after a print media, Daily Independent, claimed he is a terrorist in the watch list of the United States Government. Since then, the embattled cabinet minister has...

Fr Ejike Mbaka, Spiritual Director of the Adoration Ministry, Enugu attracts controversy the way flies are attracted to dung. He is completely unfazed about it. He comes across as a priest who does not mind what Pope Francis once...

Every May Day, the Pastor Poju Oyemade-led Covenant Christian Centre, Lagos invites speakers of all shades of opinion to speak at a discussion programme, THE PLATFORM, with the view to proferring solutions to Nigeria’s multifaceted problems. At every edition,...

“Omo, wetin dey shele. What’s gwan man?” “Helloooo. Are you okay?” “Yeah, yeah, my bro” “Can you speak English? I don’t get your drift. All these your what’s gwan, and yeah, yeah, I hope you have not gone to take your thing...

When some genuinely concerned officials of the Federal Government took the decision to hold Addax Petroleum to account for its alleged misdeeds in the nation's oil sector by revoking the operating permits of four oil blocs previously operated by...