Opinion

OPINION: JUNE 12 AS A SIGNPOST FOR DEMOCRACY

On June 12, 1993, over 14 million Nigerians went out to vote with great excitement and eagerness to elect their president, between Chief Moshood Kashi­mawo Olawale (MKO) Abiola, of Social Democratic Party (SDP), and Alhaji Bashir Othman Tofa, of...

OPINION: IRRESPONSIBLE POLITICS BREEDS CHILD POVERTY

To you my readers I ask: have you ever reflected on the concept of Child Poverty? Do you know that Children have their complete sets of human rights just like what obtains for all members of the Human family but...

OPINION: A ‘GOOD SETBACK’ BY 60 YEARS

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has a fixation with 60 years. At the height of its heady days in power, it challenged its Chi (personal god) to a wrestling contest, vowing that it would rule Nigeria for a minimum...

OPINION: NIGERIA’S REFINERIES RUNNING AT HUGE LOSS: NNPC SHOULD TELL US ANOTHER STORY

Just in one year (2018) as contained in its first-ever audited financial statement published on its website last week, the refining subsidiaries of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC posted a combined operating loss of over N177 billion. This...

OPINION: GATES OF HELL SWALLOWS LAGOS CHURCHES AS GOVERNMENT RESTRICTS WORSHIP CENTERS

The Gates of Hell have swallowed churches in Lagos, Ogun, and Abuja as Governor Sanwo-Olu suspends planned lifting of restrictions on worship centers. Lagos, Ogun and FCT are the epicenters and headquarters of the Orthodox, Episcopal and Mega Pentecostal...

OPINION: APC CRISIS IS GOOD FOR NIGERIA

All Progressives Congress (APC) is on the cusp of an implosion. The crisis in the party has reached a frightening crescendo. It has been a gradual but steady plummet for the party since its 2015 unanticipated triumph. I believe,...

OPINION: THE TRAVAILS OF OBASEKI, THE LONE, PARTYLESS RANGER

He roams the land, seeking a party, seeking a mandate, seeking support and aware that his support base tricked him into thinking he was invisible. He is going the way of many legacy-lacking ex governors before him. He is...

OPINION: CHRISTIANITY, RACISM, PREJUDICE, RAPE & PROTESTS

It is quite parlous to forget that this world is a hostile environment. It is great self-deception to not understand possible spontaneity of hostility at any moment from anyone or any source. There are cyclical, geographic, atmospheric, disease hostilities, etc. There...

OPINION: EDEVBIE AND THE POLITICAL PUNDITS

On Sunday 7th June, 2020, while waiting for a friend at a location in Lagos, I sat very close to three friends. They were at that moment involved in a very deep political conversation. I later discovered that the...

GODWIN OBASEKI: THE GOVERNOR WITHOUT A PARTY

On the back of his exit from the All Progressives Congress after he was rightly disqualified for presenting questionable academic credentials, Godwin Obaseki, the confused governor of Edo State, has announced that he is yet to make the choice...