Opinion

OPINION: IMAGINE SANUSI’S FATE IF GANDUJE CONTROLLED THE POLICE

One of the resilient arguments against the establishment of state police is the retailing of the abusive power of the badge to governors. And really, this contention is germane if situated in the actualities of today. Why should "police...

OPINION: STILL ON OMEGA POWER MINISTRIES’ FIRST FREE SPECIALIST HOSPITAL IN NIGERIA

Recently, the Garden City of Port Harcourt in Rivers State was thrown into jubilant mood as men and women from all walks of life converged on the city to witness the grand opening of Nigeria's church-sponsored first free specialist...

OPINION: ATIKU’S NATIONALITY: WHERE APC LEGAL TEAM GOT IT WRONG

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When the news broke at the Presidential Elections Tribunal that the legal team of All Progressive Congress (APC)  led by Lateef Fagbemi SAN, had raised question over the nativity/ nationality of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)  presidential candidate in...

OPINION: TRANSFORMING AFRICAN AGRICULTURE THROUGH MECHANIZATION

Governments and businesses must increase investments in the sector An African woman with hoe in hand is the default symbol of agriculture in Africa, according to the late Calestous Juma, African academic and former Harvard Kennedy School professor. Mr. Juma used...

OPINION: LOCAL COUNCIL AUTONOMY AND INSECURITY

Two things/news broke or happened on May 6th 2019 about the same time but in two different locations in Nigeria that perfectly addresses the burning issue of widespread insecurity in Nigeria. But an observer of events in contemporary Nigeria needs...

OPINION: ABUJA PROSTITUES, ALMAJIRIS, AND THE FUTURE

In the lasts three weeks, the Abuja board for something and onething (forgive me) has been engaged in some moral war against prostitutes, strip clubs have been targeted, and all sorts of tales by moonlight told. Gender Activists have...

OPINION: PREPARING AFRICA’S GRADUATES FOR TODAY’S JOBS

Experts call for modernising school curricula to match a rapidly changing labour market Many Africans with advanced qualifications are finding their university degrees are just not enough to land a job in the current market. Ruth Rono graduated from Chuka University,...

OPINION: ONLY YOU CAN PREPARE YOURSELF FOR SUCCESS

For some, success comes easy while for a great many of us we have to toil for it. The writer Piers Plowright once said that " great men do not walk easy roads". To get to where you want to...

OPINION: BRIEF ANSWER TO NIGERIA’S BIG QUESTION

Stephen Hawking's epochal book titled 'Brief Answers to the big questions," which was published sometimes last year post-humously, remains one of the finest works of scholarship in the twenty first century. Daily Telegraph describes the book as follows: "A...

OPINION: YOUTHS’ QUEST FOR A NEW ORDER      

In the words of Buzz Hargrove, a Canadian Labour leader, the future strength of every nation depends on its young people as their generation will provide the next leaders. Given this preceding position, it will not be an overstatement to characterize the recent gathering...