Opinion

OPINION: CHRISTIANITY, RACISM, PROTESTS, VIOLENCE AND UNCERTAINTY

It is possible that one of the greatest deceits living in this world is that anything said or done is hidden. Things may seem secret but they are often as exposed as if done in public. The world is engrossed...

OPINION: COVID-19 ‘SCAMDEMICS’ IN NIGERIA- ASK GOVS’ BELLO, UDOM, DOKPESI

The Covid-19 pandemic in Nigeria have been turned to Covid-19 ‘Scandemics’, anyone in doubt should ask Dr Raymond Dokpesi of African Independence Television and Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State and Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State. The ‘scamdemics’ has...

OPINION: DE-ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST AFRICANS AT HOME & ABROAD

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The pressing problem most African families are dealing with at home and abroad is how to ameliorate the hidden and open attacks against them by constituted authorities. Families are pondering and mulling on how to de-escalate the confrontations and...

OPINION: POST-CORONAVIRUS, AFRICA’S MANUFACTURING MOMENT

Across the world, as countries and economies slowly reopen, Africa lags behind. We were last to experience the coronavirus—and we expect to be the final continent to flatten the curve. Some may say it is too early, that the crisis...

OPINION: NIGERIA: RESTRUCTURING AND REGIONAL SECURITY

Nations, in the words of AL-Gore, a former Vice President in the United States of America (USA), succeed or fail and define their essential character by the way they challenge the unknown and cope with fear. And much depends...

OPINION: QUANTITATIVE EASING AS A NECESSARY MONETARY POLICY TOOL FOR POST CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC ECONOMIC RECOVERY FOR COUNTRIES

Nigeria will face revenue challenges in the prosecution of the 2020 budget because of the low accretion to revenue caused by the global glut in oil as a result of the pandemic. The corona virus pandemic has affected the...

OPINION: TO PROTECT OUR LIVES AND LIVELIHOOD, LET’S DECLARE WORLD WAR III AGAINST COVID-19 PANDEMIC

The assertion above is underscored by the fact that until medical scientists find a vaccine, which we are told could take between 6-18 months, it must be clear to all that Covid-19 pandemic poses the threat that would be...

OPINION: UNLEASHING THE POTENTIALS OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICE CENTRES

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS)'s shoe and garment factory in Aba, Abia State and the Janguza Tannery Factory, Kano, Kano State are set to kick off after the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) handed the service a certificate of...

OPINION: EDO 2020: WHO DETERMINES THE MODALITIES FOR APC GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARY ELECTION?

"Real liberty is neither found in despotism nor the extremes of democracy but in moderate governments" - Alexander Hamilton. In a vivacious democracy, the Party Constitution ascribes roles and responsibilities that guide its members' conducts and operations. This means the...

OPINION: A MEMO ON THE VALIDITY AND FEASIBILITY OF A VIRTUAL PRIMARY ELECTION IN THE WAKE OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN NIGERIA

In analyzing whether or not a virtual primary election (or just primaries) is possible in the face of covid-19 pandemic, recourse must be made to Section 87 of the Electoral Act. There is no gainsaying the negative impacts of Covid-19...