Opinion

OPINION: CHRISTIANITY, POLICE PROTESTs & BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS

There is something about ownership with humans. The concept of owning something, being in control or having the power to do – as desired – regarding it. Ownership is a driver of actions and decisions on major and micro scales....

OPINION: SUNDAY DARE AS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR

We now have a Minister of Youth and Sports who is a striking exception to the rule. Any critical observer will notice that things have taken a turn for the better in this important ministry. His choice as Minister...

OPINION: SANWO-OLU: A CALM AND COURAGEOUS ACHIEVER

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Lagos is currently evolving for the better. The All Progressives Congress made a good choice in Babajide Sanwo Olu. It was simply a masterstroke and a turning point. I have always known that he will give Lagos a new...

OPINION: YOUR NETWORK, YOUR WEALTH

This week has been so nostalgic, first it was Dr Kaine Diete-Spiff who has been my friend since 1987, 33 years, then it was finally seeing my classmates from chemical engineering class of 98, 22 years later, Ramat a...

OPINION: DEEP SIGHS AFTER SARS

Since the #ENDSARS protests began, I have had a tab open on my computer to put down my reflections on the movement. Like many young people in Nigeria, I have had several regrettable experiences with SARS and the Nigeria...

OPINION: AISHA YESUFU, THE HIJAB-WEARING REVOLUTIONARY

Women like Aisha Yesufu are like comets; they come once in a generation bearing the torch of truth, courage and resilience. They are lodestars, shining light on the path to a new world where humankind can thrive without chains...

OPINION: PEOPLE CREATE WEALTH NOT THE GOVERNMENT

Africans have come to understand that we elected most politicians whose mission is to enrich only themselves and their nuclear families; not to give a decent life to their people or communities. They have been taken by Western Individualism...

OPINION: NIGERIA @60: BUHARI’S DISAPPOINTING SPEECH

After many years of colonial administration, Nigeria eventually succeeded in attaining independence on October 1, 1960. This could not have happened without the tireless struggle of our great nationalists who made innumerable sacrifices for the country to be liberated...

OPINION: #ENDSARS MORE OF A LARGER PROBLEM THAN A PROTEST

Often people ask me why I write on certain topics and issues all the time, like bashing governments at all levels and the band of 'confusionists' that run them, my take on the education, health and power sector, arguments...

OPINION: NIGERIA @ 60: THE RIGHT TIME TO BREAK UP OR ADOPT SWISS STYLE OF GOVERNMENT

As some of Nigerian leaders and Nigerians home and abroad celebrated the Diamond Jubilee of the country Thursday, October 1st, 2020. I think this is the right time for the country to 'Break Up' or the Swiss style of...