Opinion

The unmitigated wave of insecurity in our country Nigeria has become a malignant and smelly leprous sore begging for urgent national diagnosis and treatment. The menace has unfortunately reached its crescendo in recent days. Do we still have a...

A popular musician and multiple award winning Nigerian artiste, Dapo Oyebanjo popularly called D'banj, has been accused by a lady, Seyitan Babatayo, of rape.  According to the victim, the rape occurred in 2018 at Glee Hotel Victoria Island Lagos.   According to...

This year, there was some feeling of nostalgia about May 29 as Nigeria's Democracy Day. When a few persons called me to ask if there were special plans for Democracy Day on May 29, I had to remind them...

Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola said many countries asked Nigeria to supply them food during the recent coronavirus-enforced lockdown. The former Governor of Lagos state said the countries requested foods but Buhari told them to wait because Nigerians...

About a week ago, a video and several photos of armed bandits riding into a town in Katsina state surfaced on social media. They not only arrived to a very frightened people who resorted to cheers to escape their wrath,...

The appointment of Rt. Honourable Victor Ochei to the board of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) as the Executive Director in charge of Maritime Labour and Cabotage Services came at a very appropriate time. His appointment...

There should be no debate about the deadly cost of Covid-19. Physical distancing, masks and hand washing became the effective mitigation for the deadly virus. Whereas the immediate and proximal solution for tribalism, xenophobia, hate, lack of tolerance and...

Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), escaped the axe by the gators last week. He was nearly fired. The EFCC chief's nearly five-year incumbency has been a wild play of intrigues, distraction and...

There has been a nationwide protest against gender-based violence in Nigeria. This protest has been used to raise awareness about rape, and to mobilize all sections of the society against sexual and gender-based abuses. Protests have been held at...

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...