Opinion

OPINION: THE LOVE FOR MAKE-BELIEVE AND UNNECESSARY PROPAGANDA

Despite the danger posed by coronavirus, it has become the source of make-believe and unnecessary propaganda for the ruling party and her associates. Rather than take direct measures to check the escalation of the ailment, all you see are...

OPINION: IN THE SUPREME COURT JUDGMENT ON IMO STATE NIGERIA DIES

Preamble The title of this article, “In the Supreme Court Judgment on Imo State Nigeria dies,” is solitarily a concise paradigm that captures the incredible tragedy of injustice at its capacity in contemporary Nigeria. As sad and dishonorable as that judgment...

OPINION: FACING FISCAL REALITIES IN BUDGETARY MATTERS

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The Federal Government proposed the reduction of oil benchmark, upon which the 2020 budget was predicated, from $ 57 to $ 30 per barrel. The Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, announced this after a meeting between the executive arm...

OPINION: STRATEGIES FOR ALL TO IMBIBE, AND LESSONS TO LEARN FROM THE SPANISH-FLU PANDEMIC OF 1918

It is often said that if you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday. Going by this, we have to critically take a look at the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 in light of the current day...

OPINION: WAYS AFRICA’S FREE TRADE AREA COULD HELP MITIGATE EFFECTS OF COVID-19

AfCFTA can be a mechanism for building long-term continental resilience The coronavirus (COVID-19) that has so far claimed over 14,500 lives globally as of 23 March has strengthened the case for intra-African regional value chains and trade, according to the...

OPINION: BUHARI’S COVID-19 SPEECH IS LIKE FINE WINE WITH A BIT OF VINEGAR

President Muhammadu Buhari was presidential in his address to the nation on coronavirus (COVID-19) on Sunday. He got off his accustomed armchair; stood up and spoke to Nigerians like an unfeigned commander-in-chief. I could see the sense of urgency...

OPINION: COVID19: WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW CAN KILL YOU

I planted a tree I scorned the fruit I used its trunk as firewood I made a lute And played a tune I smashed the lute Lost the fruit Lost the tune I wept over the tree Because What you don't know can kill you... It is hard to remember...

OPINION: MAKING SENSE OF OSHIOMHOLE’S REPRIEVE

Once upon a sociopolitical space, there was an unknown ‘Edo Boy’, who came into limelight through the Textiles Industry, where he was a paid secretary of its Union. (Conventionally, paid secretaries are never made political heads. But Adams Oshiomhole...

OPINION: WITH SIMPLE, FACT-INFORMED HYGIENE MEASURES, AFRICA CAN SLOW COVID-19 SPREAD

UN in Kenya in lockstep with the government to fight the novel coronavirus on all fronts. The number of coronavirus cases in Kenya has jumped to at least five (by 19 March) after the government confirmed more cases. President Uhuru...

OPINION: HOW COVID-19 IS CHANGING THE LIVES OF TANZANIANS

As the coronavirus (COVID-19) swept through Asia, Europe and North America early this year, medical experts warned that it was just a matter of time before other continents, including Africa, would start to report cases. For Tanzania, that day...