Opinion

OPINION: IS BUHARI AWARE THAT BANDITS ARE TAKING OVER THE FCT?

The scale of bandit enterprise is much more petrifying with the incursive attacks of criminal gangs in the federal capital territory (FCT) – the province from where President Muhammadu Buhari presides over the country. Also, the FCT is the...

OPINION: EFCC AND OPL 245 (MALABU) SCAM: ENOUGH OF BEATING ABOUT THE BUSH

Why do our government officials proudly wear the toga of 'people of half-measures' everywhere and in everything? Is it not distressing to think that The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been on this Malabu (OPL 245Oil bloc)...

OPINION: AFAW: COMBATING WITCH PERSECUTION AND RESOURCE QUESTION

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Since the Advocacy for Alleged Witches (AfAW) was launched in January, some people have been asking questions regarding the mission, scope and future of the campaign. One question has continued to reoccur. That is, the question of resources. Or...

OPINION: US SENATE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL OF TRUMP AND NIGERIA’S LEGISLATIVE CONDUCT: AN ASSESSMENT

In Athens, 510 BC, Cleisthenes instituted democracy to foster greater: accountability of institutions and leaders to citizens and the law. Today, the tenet is being flouted with impunity, especially in developing nations, where most of the heads of parliament...

OPINION: CHRISTIANITY PRAYERS AGAINST CANCER, TERMINAL DISEASES

It is likely that a reason why it was insisted so many times in the Scriptures, to always pray is because the LORD has the capability to make any problem, for devout Christians, a fake problem. It is true that...

OPINION: SARAKI VS. ABDULRAZAQ: “O TO GE”

ON January 24, at the Federal High Court in Ilorin sitting over the matter of Asa Investment vs. Attorney General of Kwara State, counsel representing the plaintiff, in this case the Olusola Saraki family, informed the court that both...

OPINION: THE SCAM IN THE BIAFRA AGITATION PROCESS

Where is the map of Biafra?  This is the question I have often asked the promoters and sympathizers of the Biafra cause, and up till this moment, their responses have been feeble, vague, evasive and suspicious, failing to provide...

OPINION: CANCER: A MARAUDING BEAST ON THE LOOSE

Cancer has become a global burden and has taken massive resources within the last decade with no significant improvement. As at the end of 2017 according to World Health Organization (WHO), cancer killed 17 people every minute and about...

OPINION: NEEDLESS CONTROVERSY OVER AMOTEKUN!

I hope it would not amount to ‘Hate Speech’ to make some confessions, especially, with a particular reference to Nigeria’s sociopolitical landscape. First and foremost, let’s not deceive ourselves: Muhammadu Buhari has seen it all as one of Nigeria’s luckiest...

OPINION: MAKING NIGERIA SECURE AT ALL COST

Ever since President Muhammadu Buhari became President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, he has been committed with ensuring maximum security for all and sundry in the polity. To a large extent, the present administration has curtailed the forays...