Opinion

OPINION: FIRE & FURY AS THE FFK AND DAILY TRUST FACE-OFF DEGENERATE

Femi Fani-Kayode, FFK, former aviation minister and son of one time deputy premier of western region, Remilekun Fani-Kayode (a.k.a Fani-Power) has punched back at Daily Trust newspaper, whose reporter was tongue lashed after he asked a question that was...

OPINION: BLASPHEMY: FREE UMAR FAROUQ NOW

While efforts are being made to save the life of a 22-year-old Muslim singer, Yahaya Aminu-Sharif, who was sentenced to death for blasphemy, the world should not forget Umar Farouq. The international community should pressure the governor of Kano...

OPINION: NO GUTS, NO GLORY; KYARI SETS NNPC’S RECORDS STRAIGT, 43 YEARS AFTER

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Legendary author Chinua Achebe once echoed the eternal phrase that "if you don't like someone's story, please write your own" instead of hugging a transformer. It doesn't add up in climes like ours that every now and then we...

OPINION: THE SOUTHERN KADUNA QUESTION

The renewed interest in the crisis that continues to rock Southern Kaduna would be helpful if it produces a genuine effort at resolving the problem and ensuring lasting peace in that part of the country that remains troubled, divided...

OPINION: SIR EMEKA OFFOR; A WORTHY SOLDIER IN THE FIGHT AGAINST POLIO

Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it. - John D. Rockefeller Jr. Today, the African region is being declared free of wild poliovirus after Nigeria, the only polio endemic nation in the region has...

OPINION: NIGERIAN ARMY UNIVERSITY BIU: BUHARI’S REWARD TO AN UNCOMMON COMMUNITY

The establishment of the Nigerian Army University in Biu Local Government Area of Borno State by the federal government somewhat came as a surprise to many of us. We wondered why there was a need for a Nigerian Army...

OPINION: THE HYPOCRISY OF IGBO POLITICAL LEADERS

The so-called Igbo struggle is an enterprise. Individuals from the south-east, who find themselves in a position of political influence, hawk the ''Igbo agitation'' as merchandise in self-seeking ventures. These politicians pursue personal gains robed in the collective agenda....

OPINION: DE-ACCULTURATION OF AFRICA INTO THE 21ST CENTURY

Acculturation of European ways of life into African communities was intentionally planned to suppress our cultures and create longing demands for Foreign culture and tastes. Until Africans rediscover and refine their own culture, we will always fall for others'...

OPINION: CROCODILE TEARS AND THE PRODIGAL LEADERS OF NORTHERN NIGERIA

So let me start this way, this essay was originally written some seven years ago, under the original title "Northern Nigeria And Her Mythical Realities". I have looked at it again and come up with a remake of it. Not...

OPINION: MAMMAN DAURA: SAHARAREPORTERS, THE UNDISPUTED FAKE & HATE NEWS PURVEYOR?

When on the 19th August 2020, Omoyele Sowore, AAC Presidential candidate in the 2019 election, via his platform, saharareporters.com came out with a sensational report, captioned: "President Buhari's Powerful Nephew Mamman Daura Flown To UK For Urgent Medical Treatment";...