Opinion

OPINION: SEE ME SEE WAHALA: I CANNOT GO TO HOSPITAL OR ENJOY LOOT ABROAD AGAIN O!

I am tired of these Africans. So, I called my wife and children abroad to warn them to be careful. Other calls were made to my girlfriends and some of my buddies abroad. Secret instructions were given to make...

OPINION: CHRISTIANITY, AFRICA – IS NEGATIVITY NIGERIA’S BIGGEST CURSE?

No matter how bad Nigeria seems, there are people who want to visit or stay, for positive reasons. Also, no matter how bad Nigeria seems, the country fares better in some important stuff, than several other places, near and...

OPINION: YOUNG AFRICANS CREATE GREEN BUSINESSES

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The youth are the driving force for action on climate and the environment. The youth are the driving force for action on climate and the environment. That was the message hammered home to delegates at Africa Climate Week in March...

OPINION: TOWARDS AN EFFECTIVE EXCHANGE PLATFORM ON RELIGION AND SOCIAL INCLUSION

The EU meeting on religious engagement, social inclusion, and foreign policy in Brussels in September is timely and of great significance. This is because the event captures the zeitgeist (spirit of the times) of this period in human history....

OPINION: LESSONS FROM THE EKWEREMADU/IPOB DANCE OF SHAME IN GERMANY

There was condemnation of the molestation, beating, embarrassment and crude treatment meted out to former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu by members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB in Nuremberg, Germany. Few days ago, Senator...

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

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...