Opinion

Community activist debunks cultural myths about autism I must admit that I did not know anything about autism until 2014 when, on a visit to South Africa, a friend told me that her son has autism spectrum disorder (ASD). I...

It is safe to say that a reason certain Universities in Africa have no impact on society is because the lecturers are sleeping with students, or interested in doing so. It is hard to understand how these structures of knowledge...

A peep into the history of attempts seeking regulation of non-profitable organizations (NPOs) in Nigeria will reveal that no bill has ever received the level of knocks like the NGO Bill sponsored by late Honorable Umar Buba Jibril and...

The last time I penned an open letter, it was to Uncle Timi Alaibe. In that letter, I urged him to be a true patriot and ambassador of the Ijaw nation and help build it for posterity by remembering...

No one is in any doubt that terrorism poses one of the gravest threats to humanity in today's world. Here in Nigeria, within a decade and a little, unconscionable acts of violence by persons pursuing heinous ideological, religious, and...

Last week, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, raised a lot of eyebrows when he advocated the use of prayers and "spiritual warfare" in the war against terrorist groups such as Boko Haram and the Islamic State's...

Let me start by confessing that recent events in Nigeria have not only shamed my trust, they have also shown how complicated we are as a people. In 2015, Muhammadu Buhari swore to “serve as president to all Nigerians” and uphold the...

Lagos, The Centre of Excellence has further crumbled in the last couple of weeks under the leadership of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, with no seen mechanism in place to organize it. When the Governor resumed in May 29, he promised...

There’s a chance that when African – political – leaders gather, some say to others that you’re not impoverishing your people enough. Those in that chatter can be said to be in the group of poverty. Then there is a...

I know that Gen Yakubu Gowon (rtd), the Head of State during the Civil War apologised for the Asaba massacre in 2002. Unfortunately, all through the war Gowon said not a word about the Asaba massacre. He did not punish...