Opinion

OPINION: A REQUIEM FOR 2020 IN NIGERIA

So there was this Hausa man who want to see a Yoruba native witch doctor (babalawo), of the native doctor he requested a voodoo that would give him power to eat in a restaurant without paying his bills, the...

OPINION: BRITISH ELECTION: LESSONS FOR NIGERIA

By now, there should be a sense of foreboding and the fear of uncertainty in the minds of Africans and Nigerians regarding the future trade and diplomatic relationship with Great Britain outside of European Union. The above assertion comes against the...

OPINION: NIGERIA IS A UNITARY STATE AND NOT A FEDERATION

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Some Nigerians erroneously think that their country is rich and to the extent of their warped imaginations, the country is stupendously wealthy. It breaks my heart to just re-echo a verifiable fact that Nigeria is massively poor and indeed...

OPINION: ENDING US-IRAN IMPASSE RESTS ONLY ON FACE-TO-FACE NEGOTIATIONS

Even a cursory review of the turmoil sweeping the Middle East points to Iran as one of the main culprits behind most of the conflicts that have and continue to destabilize the region. We find Iran directly involved in...

OPINION: 2019 HUMAN RIGHTS DAY: A REFLECTION

Tuesday, December 10 2019, was celebrated around the world as International Human Rights Day to commemorate the 10 December 1948 adoption by the UN General Assembly of the landmark Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which proclaimed a number of...

OPINION: NIPOST, FIRS AND STAMP DUTY COLLECTION

It is neither a bad idea for the Federal Government to take measures aimed at bolstering the total revenue accruable to its purse, nor was it ignoble or less productive for its Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to compete...

OPINION: UK POLLS: ANY NIGERIAN AGENDA?

The United Kingdom will tomorrow Thursday December 12th 2019 pick a new prime minister and also form a government to govern that key and obviously strategic component of the international community. The election in Britain looks like a straight fight between...

OPINION: WHO ADVISES AISHA BUHARI – THE ANGRY MATRON OF THE VILLA?

Jane Appleton Pierce, the wife of Franklin Pierce, 14th president of the United States, is perhaps, most remembered as the ''calamity first lady''. She spent her years working against the political ambition of her husband. And when he eventually...

OPINION: AISHA VS DAURA: BEYOND A FAMILY FEUD

Nigerians have been dished with meals of dramas served from a boiling pot of the "First Lady" Aisha Buhari flavored by her estranged in-laws - the Dauras. Until 2015 it has never been witnessed in the history of Nigeria...

OPINION: SOWORE, AND SILENCE FROM UNUSUAL QUARTERS

Shallow understanding from people of goodwill is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill-will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection - Martin Luther King Jnr. A significant portion of this piece has its root in...