Opinion

OPINION: WONDERING WHAT PIERRE TAUGHT JUSTIN TRUDEAU

Justin Trudeau, the Prime Minister of Canada has been outed for hypocrisy. When he was in high school he wore costumes as a Black Face, then as a teacher, a Sheikh with Brown Face in Arabian costume. While it...

OPINION: SOWORE’S ORDEAL AND PDP APOLOGISTS

I have watched with bated breath and keen interest, the reactions to the unlawful arrest and unjust incarceration of Omoyele Sowore, from the different quarters of our political schisms, following his declaration to lead a mass action against the...

OPINION: ANALYSING BUHARI’S RESPONSES TO XENOPHOBIC ATTACKS IN SOUTH AFRICA

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The first few days of September 2019 saw several media reports of renewed xenophobic violence targeted at other African and Asian nationals living in South Africa. These reports, understandably, brought several emotional reactions in Nigeria – which has about...

OPINION: AFRICA: CLIMATE CHANGE, HOSTILITY AND PEACE

At a function organized by the United Nation Information Centre (UNIC), and the Centre for Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ), on Friday 20th September 2019, in Lagos, to mark this year's International Day of Peace which had as a theme;...

OPINION: P&ID: WHY FLOG A DEAD HORSE?

Good governance can be proverbially likened to the act of striking a lightning rod when it is still as hot as ever. This simply means that the wisdom expected from persons exercising authority over a political entity is judged by...

OPINION: PRESIDENTIAL POWERS AND THE VP

President Muhammadu Buhari recently set up an Economic Advisory Council, to replace the country's Economic Management Team. He also moved some departments and agencies of government to the new Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development. I...

OPINION: PAN AFRICAN PARLIAMENT AND FORCED MIGRATION

The African Union (AU) Assembly of Heads of State and Government at its 32nd Ordinary Session held on February 10 and 11, 2019, launched the AU Theme of the Year 2019: "The Year of Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced...

OPINION: RESUSCITATING PALM PLANTATIONS IN ENUGU 

With technological advancements in the solar sector, and decisions of some western countries to quit buying petroleum products in no distant time, it has become imperative that the doomsday is imminent for petroleum products. Against this background, the clamour...

OPINION: CRUDE OIL THEFT: NIGERIA STILL DANCING AROUND THE MENACE

Godwin Obaseki, the Governor of Edo State, who is also the Chairman of the Ad-hoc Committee of the National Economic Council on Crude Oil Theft, Prevention and Control, revisited the menace of crude oil theft in the country by...

OPINION: ARE YOU ASHAMED, BUT PROUD OF NIGERIA?

A stone that is visible cannot destroy a hoe. Rwandan Proverb I am tucked in my hotel room in the Nobleza, their motto quality and luxury and I dare say they are delivering on both...my room just by the pool...