Opinion

OPINION: DELAYED JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS OF HERDSMEN’S KILLINGS

Since his reelection president Muhammadu Buhari is yet to bring to justice suspected armed Fulani attackers responsible for killings of over six thousand rural farmers all across Nigeria. As a military leader in the mid-eighties, the then major general Muhammadu...

OPINION: SPARE THE NATION HUMILIATION AND PAIN: AN OPEN LETTER TO NETANYAHU

Mr. Netanyahu; It is time for you to reflect on where you stand and how best to serve the country you care about in a time of much uncertainty and turmoil. You have served as Prime Minister longer than any of...

OPINION: ADESUWA OF ARUWA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT: A CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK

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OPINION: THE STREET HAWKING TEST – AFCFTA, AU, ECO, ECOWAS, HUMAN RIGHTS & WAMZ

Any policy in sub-Saharan Africa, by any government or union of nations, that does not mitigate or deject street hawking, is probably good for the optics, policymakers, or those benefitting from the regular gatherings – to nowhere. Street hawking should be appalling...

OPINION: BORDER CLOSURE AND LESSONS FROM THE WORLD BANK

It is common knowledge that the Federal Government on August 20th, 2019, ordered the closure of Nigeria’s border with Benin Republic, citing massive smuggling activities taking place on that corridor as reason(s). Within this space also, Nigerians have listened...

OPINION: PEACE THROUGH JAZZ MUSIC

The trumpet is a ‘cool’ instrument to unite people. Each year, on 30 April, music lovers around the world celebrate International Jazz Day to “honour jazz and its enduring legacy, as well as its power to bring people together,” says...

OPINION: NDUME AND HIS CROCODILE TEARS ON BOKO HARAM 

When the expired 8th Session of the Senate under the leadership of the dictatorial, draconian and repressive former Senate President, Sen. Bukola Saraki slammed a six-months suspension on Sen. Mohammed Ali Ndume, in March 2017, the action invoked empathy...

OPINION: THE DEATH OF FREE SPEECH IN AFRICA

The new wave of democracy sweeping across Africa was meant to usher in a new kind of freedom – freedom to elect leaders of choice, freedom of religion and most important of all freedom of free speech. Sadly these...

OPINION: CAN A CABAL THAT IS AGAINST AISHA BUHARI BE FOR THE PRESIDENT?

I have always assumed that ''the cabal'' or the kitchen cabinet in any administration exists at the pleasure of the president or the leadership; hence members of this clique owe him and everything that comes with him, unsoiled loyalty. My...

OPINION: NATIONWIDE MILITARY EXERCISES: ARMY, POLICE, DSS AND SUNDRY MATTERS

As said by the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai, the Nigerian Army will be undertaking a unique one month military operations nationwide to tackle banditry, kidnapping, insurgency and other security threats. Buratai at the Army...