Opinion

OPINION: THE NATION NEWSPAPER AND THE NAME OF WIKE

There is no denying the fact that The Nation Newspaper is owned by an APC leader. It is also a known fact that the ownership of a medium affects its house style and news coverage patterns. However, it is...

OPINION: KOBE BRYANT AND OTHER STORIES

"You look so downcast. Everything okay? Cheer up, man. This one that you are looking as if a trailer just crushed your legs." "I won't deceive you. I am not happy at all. I am sad. Heart-broken." "What happened? You lost...

OPINION: IMO GUBER: IS OUR SUPREME COURT PARTISAN?

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On Tuesday, January 14, 2020, the Supreme Court of Nigeria, in one of the most controversial judgments in Nigerian history, sacked the Governor of Imo State, Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha and declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress-...

OPINION: SILENCING THE GUNS IN AFRICA BY 2020

African Union’s 2020 campaign to achieve peace and end conflict, extremism, crime Realising a conflict-free Africa is the dream of every African. In this edition, we highlight the current hotspots; the root causes of conflicts; the various efforts in search of...

OPINION: THE NORTH VS THE REST OF NIGERIA

Nigeria has always been divided along many lines, religious, political, ethnic, socio-cultural, and so on; and those lines keep getting wider, that even outstretched arms are unable to meet to come to a unanimous agreement, except for our collective...

OPINON: EXTRADITING HIGH PROFILE LOOTERS

No fewer than 18 high-profile looters in different parts of the world will be extradited soon, Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu, has said. He told reporters in Ilorin, yesterday that: "The...

OPINION: RE-EDUCATING THE NIGERIAN CHILD

I must say something. I must say something. Or else the vast cloud swallows us. I want us to say no or else Ponfa Onyedikachi January 24th marked the annual International Day of Education—a moment to reaffirm global commitment to the rights of every...

OPINION: UZODINMA, ARARAUME, OKOROCHA: BEFORE THE LAST SUPPER GOES SOUR

Governor Hope Uzodinma is walking on a sinking sand. That type of sand you step on and you never come out it. He is wining and dining with his erstwhile political foes.This should be of worry to any close...

OPINION: IS MFM CHURCH REALLY A FEAR MONGERING MINISTRY?

There are people in (say) a rural community, who hate each other, plot against each other – with steep evil and grim wickedness but forget that their contention is often irrelevant, beyond that community and irrelevant – with time. The...

OPINION: WHO OWNS LAGOS, A USELESS QUESTION WITHOUT ANSWERS

Pots of ink have been wasted posing and trying to find out who owns Lagos. Some of the answers have been: Nobody owns Lagos; Lagos is owned by the Yoruba; The Igbo own Lagos, The Benin Kingdom and therefore...