Opinion

OPINION: SOWORE’S ARREST AND THE DSS AS POLITICAL POLICE

The DSS cannot be accused of being fair-handed and unprejudiced. It has always been the political police of the existing regime. I recall in 2014 when agents of the service invaded the offices of the APC in search of...

OPINION: A WOMAN LIKE ME

The burden of life gets heavier as you get older, and as a woman, I can boldly say it gets even heavier for me. Depending on where you did or are doing your own growing up, the burden also...

OPINION: ARE ATHEISTS INTELLECTUALLY DISHONEST?

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A tweet by a self-described Christian author, philosopher, and apologist, Rob Robinson, has prompted me to revisit theists' impressions of atheists and atheism. Too often, pious minds lash out at atheists in an attempt to demonstrate their faith in...

OPINION: CHRISTIANITY, LOGIC – SOME THINGS ARE BIGGER THAN CURIOSITY

If the Church needs money, a pastor tells the people to contribute, but if an individual needs money, the pastor says pray. Why? This logic is used as a critical question against the Christian Faith in recent times. The question...

OPINION: SENATE AND THE DOCTRINE OF ‘BOW AND GO’

Viewed objectively, it will not be a wrong assertion to conclude that the global object of strategy as used in battlefield, politics and other fields of endeavours, to bring conditions most favourable to one’s own side, judge precisely the right...

OPINION: THE UBER FRENZY GOVERNMENT DESPERATE FOR ACHIEVEMENTS

A drowning man, desperate for survival, will clutch at straws. The same is the case with Godwin Obaseki who as Governor, has failed so horribly in delivering his campaign promises and keeping the peace of the state, that he...

OPINION: IMO’S FLOODS OF TEARS

I was actually reading through the July 27th /August 2nd 2019 edition of The Economist and a particular article of interest was the one on the effects of climate change in some parts of Western Europe. The Economist aptly titled the piece...

OPINION: HOW THE LAWAN SENATE FAILED ITS FIRST MAJOR TEST

Senator Ahmed Lawan is the Chairman and President of Nigeria's 9th National Assembly. His emergence as Senate President was prefaced by a lot of politicking and brick-bats within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of which he is a...

OPINION: BETWEEN ATIKU’S GAFFE AND ADELEKE’S ALLOCUTUS

Atiku Abubakar and Adedeji Adeleke are two particularly angry Nigerians and their anger is well-placed! While the former was a presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last General Elections, the latter is a ‘sympathizer’ of...

OPINION: MINISTER-NOMINEE JEDY- AGBA: NECESSITY HUGS EXPERIENCE

One of Nigeria's very experienced energy administrators, Mr. Godwin Jedy-Aba, is a minister-nominee of President Muhammadu Buhari. And there is, understandably, song and dance in the quarters of those who know the capacity and experience of the nominee in...