Opinion

OPINION: CHRISTIANITY – BLACKS, AFRICAN AMERICANS, RACISM, ACTIVISM & KNOWLEDGE

It is possible that an undesirable place is waiting to get something from an individual or group – in possession of a need. The appeal, insistence, positioning, etc. is a process in situations every day across the world. But, the default...

OPINION: ZONING ANAMBRA GOVERNORSHIP: THE ANTITHESIS

For the German philosopher G. W. Hegel historical progress is the evolution of the Absolute. This evolution follows a definite pattern. A thesis is posed in the events of the world. From this thesis a counter or antithesis arises;...

OPINION: COVID-19, 5G NETWORK AND THE PLACE OF COMMON SENSE IN TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT

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With the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic and its devastating effect on humanity, the world was obviously caught unawares and became distraught. People of this generation had never witnessed such a devastating pandemic of monumental proportions as this. So...

OPINION: COVID-19, NIGERIA’S WORKERS’ DAY POLITICAL ECONOMY

Elean Thomas (1947-2004), a founder of Jamaica's Workers Party, in her book Before They Can Speak of Flowers: Word Rhythms (1988) thought about how often she had been asked not to interfere in politics, or – as she put...

OPINION: THE CHALLENGES OF NON-OIL EXPORT

The Nigerian Export Promotion Council says an assessment of the impact of coronavirus on agricultural exports shows that the pandemic will lead to a fall in export of cocoa beans, cashew nuts and sesame seeds this year. The Executive...

OPINION: COVID 19 AND PRIORITIZING THE WELFARE OF PLWDS

The Federal Government has reiterated its determination to prioritise the welfare and wellbeing of 3.1million households of People Living With Disability (PLWD) across the country to ameliorate the debilitating effect of Coronavirus. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management...

OPINION: KILLING THOSE WHO INSULT PROPHETS AND RELIGIOUS DISCONTENTS IN NIGERIA

In the light of Mubarak Bala's case, it has become pertinent to take a critical look at this idea of insulting prophets. This is because persons of a particular religion have always exercised the prerogative of making allegations of insulting...

OPINION: YES, I INSIST THAT #CHINAMUSTPAY AFRICA DAMAGES FOR COVID-19

In their prickly reaction to my April 16 Washington Post #ChinaMustPay article (a response published in the Guardian Newspaper of May 3, 2020), the Government of China through their Embassy in Nigeria missed the opportunity to responsibly address the...

OPINION: EKITI, COVID-19 AND FAYEMI LEADERSHIP

It may be speculative at the moment to predict when the Coronavirus pandemic will wear off. The next days, nay, several months -and it may roll into year- may still witness the curves, be it flattened, U-shaped, N-shaped or...

OPINION: NYESOM WIKE: OUR GOVERNOR HAS GONE MAD AGAIN

If the gods want to punish a people, they either invoke plagues on the land or deploy agents of slaughter as leaders. The gods are not happy with Rivers state, obviously, hence the affliction by Nyesom Wike. The state...