Opinion

OPINION: UNEMPLOYMENT AND OUR ECONOMY

Each time I question some of the theories advanced by successive administrations as reasons for unemployment rate in the country, one thing seems to standout. Aside from the government’s view of unemployment as a consequence of urban migration and laziness...

OPINION: AFRICAN PASTORS CONQUERING NON-BELIEVERS OVERSEAS

How can African Christians conquer a vanishing population of Churchgoers in the Western or Eastern world? Go to any church in Europe and North America, Christian believers are a dwindling majority. Those left in their churches are older citizens....

OPINION: INEC’S ARTFUL COMPROMISE ON E-COLLATION OF RESULTS: A CLEAR CASE FOR THE JURY

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To say Nigeria is a country full of aberrations is an obvious understatement, if not how could a multi billion Naira pilot scheme deployed for purposes of tracking and monitoring the outcome of a very crucial Presidential Election now...

OPINION: AFRICA’S MEGACITIES, A MAGNET FOR INVESTORS

Yet increasing population growth challenges authorities Megacities, cities with a population of at least 10 million, are sprouting everywhere in Africa. Cairo in Egypt, Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Lagos in Nigeria are already megacities, while Luanda...

OPINION: NIGERIA’S LIFE EXPECTANCY IN 2019: MATTERS ARISING

Life expectancy is a statistical measure of the average time an organism is expected to live, based on the year of its birth, its current age and other demographic factors including gender. The most commonly used measure of life expectancy is at...

OPINION: SHOULD A TRUE PASTOR RIDE A PRIVATE JET?

Does riding a private jet make a person a sinner? Should an individual wait, for everyone else to become wealthy, to be able use new stuff? If a facility provides efficient transport, for the leader of an organization in...

OPINION: FCDA: NEXT LEVEL IN SHARIA POLICING IN ABUJA?

As I have earlier noted, raiding Caramelo nightclub was not about law enforcement. It was not a move to rectify an illegal use of a property or to combat noise pollution or traffic challenge in the city. The Federal Capital...

OPINION: BETWEEN ZONING AND COMPETENCE IN ANAMBRA STATE LEADERSHIP

The next governorship election in Anambra state will hold in November 2021. That is clearly about 31 months from today. But that is not the issue. The issue, as gleaned from debates among the diverse people of the state...

OPINION: THE UNITED NATIONS (UN) AND A GROWING CAMPAIGN OF CALUMNY AGAINST NIGERIA AND AFRICA 

In the recent past, some international organisations, including agencies of the United Nations, have been issuing some reports whose parameters are unknown and whose outcomes raise a lot of doubt, for those who have knowledge of the issues in...

OPINION: AS BUHARI ASSENTS TO ENGINEERS REGISTRATION ACT 2019

In response to the recent collapse of a two storey building in Lagos which attracted negative attention to the country and led to the demise of some people including innocent schoolchildren, President Muhammadu Buhari in line with his administration's...