Opinion

OPINION: ELDERS DO NOT HAVE TO DIE ALONE WITHOUT A FRIEND

Humans are social animals, living, acting in duo, in groups and in communal societies. Nevertheless, those few that are more comfortable as loners keep their own company and function independently as individuals. As they get older, weaker or in...

OPINION: MUBARAK BALA: WHY THEY HATE HIM

For allegedly making posts and comments on his Facebook page which some Muslims interpreted as insults on the prophet of Islam, police in Nigeria arrested Mubarak Bala. They have detained and held him incommunicado for almost three weeks. The...

OPINION: DEAR FEMI ADESINA, LEARN FROM YESTERDAY’S SPOKESMEN

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Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, features in the pantheon of accomplished Nigerian journalists no doubt. In his days of ''truth-telling'' and before the hex of unclean spirits in Aso Rock, Adesina was the man from miyshore – the straight place....

OPINION: DEBATE ON NBS’ RATING OF DELTA STATE; BETWEEN SHERIFF’ AND OTHERS

On Monday, May 4, 2020, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released the long-awaiting Nigeria poverty and inequality survey Report 2019 and ranked Delta state as the Second least poor state in Nigeria. By in its latest poverty index...

OPINION: IN AFRICA SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED, BUT LEARNING GOES ON

Countries use radio, TV and internet to keep students engaged. As students in Kenya were waiting for the government to announce when schools would re-open from a longer than usual April school holidays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they were...

OPINION: COVID19 AND SNAKE OIL SALESMANSHIP IN NIGERIA

As the world grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, and the search for a vaccine continues, many people are gullible and are easily swayed by peddlers of cures or solutions.There is so much fear and uncertainty in the communities. People...

OPINION: COS TO BUHARI: MOHAMMED HAYATUDEEN, ‘THE CABAL’ AND MEN WHO LOST TO GAMBARI

As at 9pm on Tuesday May 12, 2020, there were still spirited efforts from vested interests and different camps to thwart the emergence of Amb. Ibrahim Gambari and have their candidates installed as the new Chief of Staff (CoS)...

OPINION: ISRAEL AND PALESTINIANS: ARCHITECTS OF THEIR OWN DESTRUCTION

As Israel celebrates the 72nd anniversary of its independence, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict continues to simmer as neither side seems to have learned anything from their seven decades-old conflict, and dramatic changes on the ground are readily dismissed. Charges and counter-charges...

OPINION: COVID-19 RESPONSE MUST TARGET AFRICAN AGRICULTURE AND THE RURAL POOR

Agriculture contributes 65 per cent of Africa's employment and 75 per cent of its domestic trade Africa has so far escaped the worst health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the continent looks like it could be the worst hit...

OPINION: OBASEKI’S OBSESSION WITH OSHIOMHOLE

If Adams Oshiomhole were a woman then we would have safely concluded that Governor Godwin Obaseki is romantically obsessed with him. Why wouldn't one conclude such when Obaseki has used all his resources in pursuing Comrade Adams Oshiomhole; why...