Opinion

OPINION: POLL: WOULD YOU RESIGN IF YOU WERE OSINBAJO?

''But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also'' – Jesus Christ in Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:39). I am not a pastor....

OPINION: WHERE IS FAYEMI LEADING EKITI

"I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion." - Alexander the Great. If you talk to most people, you will discover that they...

OPINION: BROKEN, BETRAYED AND BRUTALIZED

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In the annals of human existence, it has become revealed that observation is an irreplaceable ingredient in the journey of discovery and invention. But observations do not manifest in restriction or detention, it is one done through consistent concentration...

OPINION: SUPREME COURT AND THE ATIKU ELECTION PETITION

Last week, The Supreme Court of Nigeria announced its verdict in the matter between Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and President Muhammadu Buhari, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)....

OPINION: THE DEAFENING SILENCE ON SHEIKH ZAKZAKY

Since the aborted medical trip of Sheikh Zakzaky and his wife Zeenah a couple of months ago, nothing is heard of the duo to this very date. There is since then no word from the government- or any other...

OPINION: BAYELSA GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION 2019: WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR – (PART 1)

On 16 November 2019, citizens of Bayelsa State will be voting for a new governor to lead the state for the next four years. The current electoral cycle, which commenced about a year ago – and arguably earlier –...

OPINION: CHRISTIANITY, AFRICA, COLONIALISM, SOW & REAP

Arguing that people who do evil and wickedness get away with it because they aren’t poor, or suffering, is the same as saying walking around means an individual is physically and psychologically healthy. People are convincing others – on social...

OPINION: TASKS AHEAD OF PROFESSOR SALAMI, THE NEW VICE CHANCELLOR OF UNIBEN

History does matter. ‘It has a way of repeating itself’, and has shown clearly that ordinary calculation can be upturned by extra-ordinary personalities. In the case of Professor Lillian Imuetinyan Salami, a home economist/nutritionist and former Dean of the Faculty of...

OPINION: MAJOR TAKEAWAYS FROM PRESIDENT BUHARI’S VISIT TO SAUDI ARABIA

President Muhammadu Buhari’s four-day visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia came to an end on Saturday. The President participated in the Future Investment Initiative, which was christened “Davos in the Desert”. Apart from attending the summit, which had...

OPINION: MY FRIEND SOWORE… AND WHAT REALLY IS OURS

To the thinking man, the world is a comedy; to the feeling man, it's a tragedy. I think all the time--Ken Saro Wiwa. The young woman walks down the highway. She carries the Nigerian flag. She wants to live in...