Opinion

OPINION: COVID 19; ABUSE, MISINFORMATION, CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA

Over the years, social media has evolved as a potential tool for information as well as misinformation dissemination around the world. With the advent of Facebook, twitter and other applications, information is easily shared. Thanks to these innovations we...

OPINION: COVID-19: THE COST OF NEGLIGENCE

Permit me a space in your widely read newspaper to air my views on the spread of a new pandemic disease known as covid-19. Due to the negligence of the Nigerian government corona virus disease also known as covid-19 roughshod...

OPINION: COVID19; IN NIGERIA, LETS BREAK WALLS, AND OPEN WINDOWS

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OPINION: CHRISTIANITY, EASTER, CORONAVIRUS & ATHEISM – SO MUCH SIN?

Why is there no – known or accepted – scientific explanation for sin? Why does science not accept the –ultimate – version of repentance? Why does sin seem doable without immediate judgement? Why is there a – sort...

OPINION: THE FG’S CONTROVERSIAL INVITATION OF CHINESE DOCTORS

As a general rule, the first step to solving a problem is to recognize that one exists. Going by this words, a fair-minded individual would characterize as historic the recent admissions by the Federal Government that the nation is currently faced with...

OPINION: OGUWUIKE NWACHUKU: HEAPING CHARCOALS OF FIRE FOR GOVERNOR UZODINMA

Mr. Oguwuike Nwachuku is the Chief Press Secretary and Media Adviser to Governor Hope Uzodinma. I know little about him. There is this gist that he was a staff of one of the national dailies in Lagos State before...

OPINION: NOW THAT WE ARE HOME

Now is the Time to Think. In the wake of the COVID 19 pandemic, Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on March 29, 2020, announced a 14-day lockdown of Lagos and Ogun States, as well as the federal capital territory, Abuja, as...

OPINION: COVID -19 IS NOW A BLACK DISEASE IN AMERICA

Most scientists warned against population density, crowding, hygiene, diabetes, hypertension, asthma and emphysema exacerbated by environmental pollution in African countries and African American communities. We are not surprised that Covid-19 deaths are Seventy Percent disproportionally in black and minority...

OPINION: WHAT AFRICA MUST DO TO MITIGATE THE DAMAGING EFFECTS OF CORONA VIRUS

Before the novel coronavirus pandemic hit the globe, Nigeria spent 42% of her earnings on debt servicing. We have arrived at a new reality today: even if we devote 100% of our income to rebuilding our economy, it still...

OPINION: CORONA BLUES

"Social distancing is a privilege. It means you live in a house large enough to practise it. Hand washing is a privilege too. It means you have access to running water. Hand sanitisers are a privilege. It means you...