Opinion

OPINION: THE INSENSITIVITY OF PRESIDENTIAL HYPOCRISY

Africa is an interesting continent. It is the cash cow of the West and a conquered territory of our ineffectual leaders. The continent is governed by its worst, while its best idle away in foreign lands. The continent is...

OPINION: PRESIDENT BUHARI’S MAJOR PRINCIPLES ON CLIMATE CHANGE

This year's annual conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is currently taking place in Katowice, Poland. It opened on December 2nd and will run until the 14th. There are about 22,000 delegates from...

OPINION: REKINDLING THE PAST GLORY IN NIGERIAN SPORTS

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I remember the good old days when I was a much younger lad. A time engaging in sports was a major focal point of the citizenry and the federal government. Such times were days of glory and honour for my country,...

OPINION: BOKO HARAM: BETWEEN BUHARI’S AMNESTY AND THE LIVES OF OUR SOLDIERS

If there is any time we need to come together as one people and speak with one voice against the escalating mindless acts of evil by the Boko Haram sect, it should be now. Whether anybody wants to hear...

OPINION: PROSTITUTION IS CAPITALISM ON CAMPUS

With just few weeks to Nigeria's most critical election, the major contenders who began their campaigns for the coveted number one political job in Nigeria which is the office of the President have so far not adequately addressed the...

OPINION: NIGERIA STILL IN SEVERE PAINS

Pain is a distressing feeling often caused by intense or damaging stimuli, what are the signs and symptoms of pain? A dull ache. Throbbing. Burning. Shooting. Squeezing. Stinging. Soreness. Stiffness. What is the most painful thing in world? Tetanus. Second Degree Burns. Cluster Headaches. Kidney Stones. Child Birth. Animal Attack Injuries. Torn Achilles. Bullet Ant Sting. How...

OPINION: WHY WE EXPORT OUR RICHES, BEST & BRIGHTEST BUT WELCOME THE DEAD

The reason the rich and powerful Africans do not want their bodies cremated after dying in those prestigious hospitals abroad is to be buried like Pharaoh at home. Their obituaries must display the country and hospitals they died in...

OPINION: ASUU STRIKE AND FG’S KEEP-THEM TALKING CULTURE

As a lad in primary school, I was told by my teacher that ‘education is the bedrock of development in any country. That with sound educational institutions, a country is as good as made -as the institutions will turn...

OPINION: IN NYSC, BUHARI HAS EXCELLED

Nations around the globe that want to become advanced in the twenty first century and beyond, usually place the highest premium on the capacity development of their young populations. This is obviously for the reason that such political entities...

OPINION: 2019: BUHARI, ATIKU TEST POPULARITY IN THE SOUTHEAST

While it is somewhat clear the popularity the incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari enjoys in the other four geopolitical zones of Nigeria, the Southeast and South-South zone still stand opposed to his candidacy and government. But the South-South is gradually...