Opinion

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

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

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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,...

OPINION: UWAILA OMOZUWA: RAPE AND MURDER SO GRUESOME!

"One life taken in cold blood is as gruesome as millions lost in a pogrom."—Dele Giwa (Nigerian Journalist assassinated in 1986). After five whole years of seeking admission into the institution of higher learning, Miss Vera Uwaila Omozuwa was eventually...

OPINION: LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL FINANCIAL AUTONOMY: OUR PRESIDENT IS STILL ALIVE

The autonomy of the three arms of government is the very foundation of federalism. It is the foremost of its sterling attributes and its most selling points. This concept is well embedded—in principle—in Nigeria’s federalism. A cursory look at...