Opinion

OPINION: IEDS: TACKLING TERRORISTS’ WEAPON OF WAR

Improvised Explosive Devices are cheap and easy to manufacture Some of the most memorable images of the late Diana, Princess of Wales, show her wearing a protective suit while touring a minefield in Angola in 1997 to raise awareness of...

OPINION: WOMEN PASTORALISTS FEEL THE HEAT OF CLIMATE CHANGE

Faced with the harsh effects of erratic weather patterns, some Kenyan women livestock farmers call for help For many people, climate change is about shrinking glaciers, rising sea levels, longer and more intense heatwaves, and other extreme and unpredictable weather...

OPINION: BETWEEN FOLLY AND THE “AWADA KERIKERI” AT IYAMHO

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I have never known the former Edo State Governor and National Chair of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, to be a Moslem. As far as I know him, he is a Catholic of the Christian faith....

OPINION: HOW I SET UP LIBERIA’S FIRST SCHOOL FOR AUTISTIC CHILDREN

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 quickly googled the term. Thereafter, I...

OPINION: WHY WE MUST NOT SHY AWAY FROM STATE POLICE

Recently, President Muhammadu Buhari demonstrated that for an average Nigerian leader, once a direction is chosen, instead of examining process meticulously and set the right course; one that will allow us to overcome storm and reach safety before we...

OPINION: IS NIGERIA WORKING?

If Nigeria is working, we will know! Those were the exact words of late Prof Chinua Achebe, Africa's foremost novelist and distinguished intellectual. In other words, the citizens do not need any bogus claims by government's megaphones to realise that...

OPINION: WIKE, PHANTOM MOSQUE AND MUSLIM ZEALOTRY IN NIGERIA

Religion is a volatile issue in Nigeria, anytime, any day. Anybody who wants to understand the Nigerian fault line should commit a religious faux pas. This is worse when it has to do with Islam. Things easily boil over...

OPINION: THE IGBO AND CRIMINALITY AT HOME AND ABROAD

After reading what I am now writing, one will come to the conclusion that I am protecting criminals or even encouraging them or at least ignoring the Igbo contribution to criminal activities. Far be it from me. I condemn...

OPINION: ANAMBRA: PDP’S POSITION OF ZONING AND ITS DISCONTENTS

Recently, the southeast zone of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) met in Enugu in what may be a routine conclave off party members and officials who are desirous of returning the party to its regional glory. One of the...

OPINION: AUGUST 22: REMEMBERING VICTIMS OF RELIGION-BASED VIOLENCE IN NIGERIA AND BEYOND

The decision by the UN to designate August 22 as the international day to commemorate the victims of acts of violence based on religion or belief is a commendable development. This is because, until recently, religious violence has largely...