Opinion

OPINION: GOVERNOR GANDUJE AND HIS DUPED PRAYER WARRIORS

Supplicating against pandemic is not a new thing nor is pandemic a novelty. Pandemics have been part of human history. One of the earliest approaches to pandemic is to pray against it. That approach is still extant; only that...

OPINION:BURUJI KASHAMU (1958 -2020)

Then let them laugh and rejoice in our man's ill-luck. Alive perhaps they felt no need of him, but now that he Is dead, they will grieve their lack in the demands of war. For foolish men do not appreciate the noble...

OPINION: NIGERIANS ARE NOT ANGRY, NAY ANNOYED OR UPSET

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Monsieur Dupont calls you uncultured because you cannot say who was Victor Hugo's favourite grandson. Herr Müller has started to scream because you do not know (exactly) the day that Bismarck died. Your friend Mr. Smith, an Englishman or Yankee,...

OPINION: ATIKU, ODILI, NA’ABBA – THE POLITICAL CAREERS OBASANJO KILLED

Olusegun Obasanjo is a defining personality in Nigeria's politics. For decades he has hovered like a wraith over the political cumulus. He is one of the many Nigerian leaders who have profited prodigiously from the country's undertaking, and he...

OPINION: READ LIKE YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT; IT JUST MAY!

... Letter To Nigeria Youths Let me start with some bad news. One out of every two Nigerians aged between 15 and 35 years is unemployed. As of 2018, 350,000 students graduated from Nigeria’s tertiary institutions to join about 30...

OPINION: CHRISTIANITY, BLACKS, IQ & JAMES WATSON

Without Christianity, psychology is dead. Someone can argue that knowledge from psychology differs a lot from Christianity, yes, but that’s not the point. The psychological needs of the world are such that the subject of psychology or related fields cannot cater...

OPINION: GOVERNORS AND SECURITY THREATS IN NORTHERN NIGERIA

It is now a common sight for governors to sprint to Abuja to seek respite each time there's perceived security breach in their respective states. They do so at a lightning pace. Usain Bolt will feel like a proud...

OPINION: NAIRA MARLEY IRRITATES THE HYPOCRISY IN ALL OF US

Our society is one which diminishes the young. Being young is a capital offence in Nigeria. We take a loathing to the daring young. Confidence of youth is garbled as arrogance and juvenile vitality is dismissed as imprudence or...

OPINION: THE REVOLUTION WILL COME – AND BUHARI WILL JOIN IT

What makes a revolution? Knowledge. Information. Awareness. Awakening. The biblical Moses was a prince in the ménage of the persecutors of the Hebrews – his people. He did not know their toil because he was far removed from them....

OPINION: A CRITICAL “SUNSHINE” LOOK AT ARAKUNRIN ROTIMI AKEREDOLU

Not a human being could be so loved and blessed as Arakunrin Rotimi Odunayo Akeredolu, the man calling the shot at the Alagbaka House, Akure, and for those who love him, he would absolutely worship. His story could be likened...