Opinion

OPINION: THE RAPE PANDEMIC: #NO

Since February 27, 2020, when the first index case of COVID-19 was reported in Nigeria, and that satanic, virulent virus overwhelmed our lives, Nigeria has had cause to deal with other convergent afflictions: the first in my view, is...

OPINION: RELIGION AND CONTEMPT FOR HUMANITY

While there has been so much emphasis on how religion is a resource for human nourishment and enrichment, there has been limited conversation on the harmful and deleterious effect of religion on human beings. Religion has notedly inspired acts...

OPINION: TRUMP’S AMERICA, IT’S A TERRIBLE BEAUTY!

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His bombshell was launched on Wednesday June 3, 2020, regarding the Trump White House insensitive, divisive and unworthy handling of the brutal, installment murder of another non-confrontational Black man, George Floyd: "Donald Trump is the first president in my...

OPINION: OF N37 BILLION NAIRA NASS COMPLEX RENOVATION AND MISPLACEMENT OF PRIORITY

The legislative arm of government is undeniably the face of the people in a representative democracy. Better said, it is unarguably a shining example of and the bastion of democratic governance all over the world. This arm of government...

OPINION: THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ICT TO NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, said the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector has contributed an unprecedented 14.07 per cent to the nation's Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Pantami stated this in a statement signed...

OPINION: ORCHIDS FOR BISI FAYEMI @ 57

For the bold, brilliant and beautiful fashionista Erelu Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi, every June 11 is her day of celebration, for that is the day she was born. As she clocks 57 this year, and amidst the Covid-19 hoopla that has...

OPINION: IMPERATIVE FOR PROPER FUNDING OF NON-CUSTODIAL SERVICE IN NIGERIA

Nigeria has for very long grappled with the crisis of an escalating population of awaiting trial inmates in some of the 243 Correctional Centres in the country especially those in urban areas. Various efforts to address this crisis since...

OPINION: NIGERIANS CAN BREATH…THEIR LIVES DO NOT MATTER

Who would want to be a Nigerian, in the bitterest moments he finds humor, in action, in words, most times beyond the usual. It's in us, like that epic advertorial for a lactose brand. The US of A has again...

OPINION: TENURE ELONGATION AT NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND MAN IN THE EYE OF STORM

"Humanity is lost because people have abandoned using their conscience as their compass" ...Suzy Kassem Alh. Ataba Sani Omolori, Clerk to the National Assembly has been in the middle of service year elongation crisis in the nation's federal legislature. Having...

OPINION: BLASPHEMY IS A RIGHT, NOT A CRIME

The arrest of Nigerian Humanist, Mubarak Bala, has generated heated debate on the issue of blasphemy on various platforms. Opinions are divided regarding the status of contempt of religion and how alleged blasphemers should be treated. In this piece,...