Opinion

KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY THE DEPUTY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, SENATOR OVIE OMO-AGEGE, DURING THE WEBINAR ON ‘FINDING SAFE SPACES FOR FEMALE STUDENTS IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES’ HOSTED BY OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY (OAU), IFE ON WEDNESDAY, 9TH SEPTEMBER, 2020. Introduction 1. First, let...

GOVERNOR Godwin Obaseki's plans to militarize the election are not empty threats, they are exactly the same dubious plots witnessed all over the country since elections in Nigeria have become war and do-or-die. The Governor has repeatedly exposed himself...

As the dust gradually settles after the famed disqualification of Erica (full name: Nlewedim Ngozi Erica) from the on-going BBNaija show, there is little doubt that not a few followers of the show have gone away with some perceptions...

There were evident gaps in Godwin Obaseki’s governorship campaign in 2016. A quick, non-exhaustive checklist: his vacuous personality, lack of appeal and validation, unpopularity, questionable pedigree and a handful of quirky negatives that unflatteringly defined a drab and uninspiring...

…with a special focus on rural development and the execution of feasible policies Enugu State got recently recognized in the National news as one of the top six states of the Nigerian Federation surviving on its internally generated revenue. This...

"The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history." - George Orwell. Nigerians were destroyed, the understanding of their history denied and completely obliterated by the deft political manipulations of the...

Why is this government doing things as if its main agenda is to deliberately inflict pain and hardship on Nigerians? How can a government that rode on the back of the poor masses of this country to power be...

I do not believe for once that Africa is a dark continent as we were wrongly schooled by the Western Authors of African history written from the perspective of racism and White supremacy. I believe that Africa is home to...

We have to face up to the truth; the truth about Christian fundamentalism. The church today has been sculpted in the image of extremists and demagogues – men who arrogate to themselves the power of life and death. They...

"So this is how we will just adjust to the new fuel price at the petrol stations, and the government will get away with the imposition of greater hardship on the people?" "No. Government is very clear. The fuel subsidy...