Opinion

OPINION: MY LORD, CHIEF JUSTICE IBRAHIM TANKO YOU GAFFED AUTHORITATIVELY!

BEVERLY HILLS, July 19, (THEWILL) - The supreme court is an "ecclesiastical order''; it sits on high looking down on the ''lowly''. It dispenses in inexorable ''justice''; justice not because it is always just, but because it cannot be interrogated...

OPINION: THE EDO STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY DOOR AND THE LAST STAND 

There is no attempt to compare America with Nigeria, but the understanding of historical time which has no geographical boundaries is essential to the current Edo State tumult, brouhaha, and fracas. On June 11, 1963, Governor George Wallace of the...

OPINION: CHURCH, RACISM AND FAKE TRUTH – GO BACK TO YOUR COUNTRY?

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A multiple – family – tree citizen of a country may not like the country, or some of its policies. The citizen may complain or may not, but it is often difficult for other citizens to use go back...

OPINION: 200,000 JOBS: IS OBASEKI OBSESSED WITH FIGURES?

I like bankers and accountants - the type that are obsessed and can fiddle with figures and even manipulate it. In addition to this, I appreciate them especially if such has a stint as a stockbroker, not necessarily an...

OPINION: MAKINDE’S ASSET DECLARATION: BEYOND A HOLLOW RITUAL

By making public the contents of his asset declaration form submitted at the Oyo State office of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) in Ibadan on Monday, July 15, 2019, Governor Seyi Makinde has, on the double, fulfilled one...

OPINION: ORJI UZOR KALU AND THE PERVERSITY OF A POLITICAL MISCHIEF MAKER

Right from his days as governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu has always been in the media for the wrong reasons. Sadly for the man, twenty years since assuming office in his ill-fated two-term tenure at the helm...

OPINION: MY DYING AREWA AND ABOKI NA EL-RUFAI

Some seven years ago thereabout I had written an essay Northern Nigeria, and her mythical realities, I repeated same, only two years ago, in the first instance, Mallam El-Rufai had graciously share it on his Facebook Page, today...being governor...

OPINION: ADDRESSING NIGERIA’S LITANY OF DISCORD

‘I believe the more we understand one another, the more we will reduce the chances of war or terrorism and of man’s violence against man’ - Hiebert (1988) Each passing day brings yet more evidence that we are facing a...

OPINION: CHRISTIANITY, RACISM, IMMIGRATION – FAKE TRUTH IS WORSE THAN FAKE NEWS

Certain people are praised for saying it like it is, or saying the thing on people’s mind, but most of what they say are fake truths. Fake truths are mostly obvious generalizations aimed at people’s acceptance – without total transparency...

OPINION: AFRICA, FAITH, UNFPA & UNDP: SHOULD THE POOR HAVE CHILDREN?

Everyone – or almost – love to say what the poor can or cannot do. The problems of the world are sometimes blamed on the poor having children. When poor families are in need, the excuse against compassion – and...