Opinion

OPINION: OMOKRI, ATHEISM AND NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE

My attention has been drawn to a recent tweet by a popular Nigerian pastor and political commentator, Reno Omokri. In this tweet, Omokri aimed at atheists and atheism. He stated: "If you have friends and family that are ATHEISTS, don't...

OPINION: LIBERTY CHURCH MOB ATTACK IN CALABAR: TEN YEARS AFTER

Ten years ago today, members of the Liberty Gospel Church attacked and robbed me in Calabar. They invaded a conference that I organized to highlight abuses linked to witchcraft beliefs in the region. Harmful practices related to witchcraft beliefs...

OPINION: ATIKU VS BUHARI: WHY INEC IS HIDING E-COLLATED RESULTS AND REFUSING TO CALL WITNESSES

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The news today, Monday 29th July, 2019, that the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, failed to call witnesses to counter claims of misdemeanour against the commission by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate in the February 23...

OPINION: UN: WITCH HUNTING REQUIRES AN INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE

Protection of citizens is one of the state's most overarching obligations. Accordingly a modern State must fulfill or be made to fulfill this duty. This is because in our westphalian world order of nation states, the State is the...

OPINION: EDO: THE FALLACY OF “CELEBRATED” RECONCILIATION 

Since the emergence of a photograph wherein the embattled Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki and the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, were seen exchanging what appears to be a friendly greeting surfaced on the...

OPINION: THE ‘BOW AND GO’ SENATE OF AHMAD LAWAN

Ahmad Lawan has been dutiful in his obligation of inking ''rubber stamp'' on the senate. Though he had said the senate, which he leads, would not dissolve into the executive as an appendage; his actions have betrayed this gasconade. Soon...

OPINION: THIS ‘PADDI PADDI’ SENATE!

"Few people dey fat with biggy money and the rest dey hungry me Fela, I challengie Obasanjo na way he the all the time make him carry me go any court I go open book for am Now whyo government e we dey do eh bamihoo na...

OPINION: AN OPEN LETTER TO FIRST LADY AISHA BUHARI: THE ELEANOR ROOSEVELT OF NIGERIA

Aisha Buhari is now in her second term as the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. During the current presidency of her husband, President Muhammadu Buhari, she continues to present her work and contributions in an independent,...

OPINION: THE OTEDOLA EXAMPLE

“Otedola has made me, I can play football again,” Christian Chukwu, the 68 year-old former Captain of Enugu Rangers, former captain of the Green Eagles and former Chief Coach of the Green Eagles, reportedly joked when he paid a...

OPINION: BEFORE NIGERIAN SHIITE MOVEMENT IS LABELLED A TERRORIST GROUP

Monday’s Police/Shiites class in Abuja conjure up a mental image of theatre of war barely two weeks when the sect’s protest turned violent at the National Assembly complex in Abuja. The Shiites, agitation was not unexpected. Since December 2015 that...