Opinion

Virus! Silence eats our streets up Mothers hide their babies from the sun Our forebears forbid our visits And the markets cast stones of attrition on us! Man, where are you? Creeping away in search for breath Fading like the stars Your morning is greeted with mourning We...

As suggested by the title, this piece is a reflection on the scandals that blew open in the Imo State House of Assembly since this year regarding the genuineness of the academic credentials of the members of the state...

The Buhari administration did not prime itself for leadership but for power. The regime has titillated more attention from controversies stoked by internecine scrimmages than from any milestone project. It has been five years of intrigues, scandals, and the...

It is now almost four months since the police arrested Nigerian atheist, Mubarak Bala following a petition that he insulted the prophet of Islam. The police have, in the quest to appease the petitioners and the Islamist base, held...

Recently a pastor died. A Cameroonian faith healer, Prophet Frankline Ndifor died a week after battling with the coronavirus. Ndifor's death is linked to a violation of COVID19 guidelines. He was laying hands on those with confirmed cases of...

The primacy of the media in any society is indubitable. The media is the iron curtain between tyranny and democracy. It is the bastion of the ethos, truth and spirit of a people. And it serves no interest but...

To avert community spread of the coronavirus, on March 29, president Muhammadu Buhari locked down the FCT, Lagos and Ogun states for 14 days. On Monday, April 27th, the President announced the extension of the shut down by another two...

My views about the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) changed after I bumped into, and read, an article published on an online platform www.statesman.ng titled 'ASUU is the problem of education in Nigeria'. The title attracted me and...

Over the years Almajirinci is an Islamic educational system commonly practiced in Northern part of Nigeria. Almajiri is an Hausa word derived from the Arabic word Almuhajirun, meaning migrants. In Northern Nigeria, it refers to persons who travel far...

The leakage of multiple intelligence of plot to kill the Madagascan President, Andry Rajoelina over his controversial herbal cure for Covid-19 is very worrisome. Information I am getting from sources among leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ in...