Opinion

OPINION: 2019: THE IRONY OF A BUHARI’s SECOND TERM AS CAMPAIGN BEGINS

If all politics is local, there must be an exception in Nigeria. Here, all politics is selfish, especially southern Nigeria politics. If President Muhammadu Buhari wins another four year term, it wouldn't be because of any stellar performances; it...

OPINION: PURVEYORS OF DEATH : THE RIVERS APC NOTORIETY

The APC is a political party imbued with an unfathomable capacity for lies, treachery, violence and deception. Wherever the APC appears, there is extreme gnashing of teeth. Endless wailing and tragedy. The evil of the APC is felt more in...

OPINION: IS NIGERIA READY FOR A POSSIBLE CYBERATTACK ON THE 2019 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION?

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I guess the title of this article should be "is the Nigeria ready for any cyber-attack?" Since the end of the Second World War, the world's super powers have been in constant competition for technological superiority and advantage. They...

OPINION: NIGERIA’S OMUGWO (POSTPARTUM CARE) PROBLEMS

Last week, Damilola Dimeji-Ajayi wrote on Omugwo: Understanding The Culture Behind Igbo's Traditional Postpartum Care I love the fact that possibly a Yoruba person had taken the pains to do an enquiry on the subject matter, and arrived at very...

OPINION: CORRUPTION FIGHT; WIDENING STRIDE AND NETTLESOME RESULTS

Without overlooking other serious socioeconomic challenges bedeviling the nation, corruption appears to be the greatest problem confronting us today. Though neither new nor peculiar to Nigeria, it has observably flowered frighteningly in public life in Nigeria. What has however, made...

OPINION: IMN AND ITS NEW LEVEL OF HYPOCRISY

The Islamic movement in Nigeria (IMN) seems to be in the news again with its release of names of its members that were supposedly killed when they confronted security agencies in Abuja and its environs recently. I am somewhat...

OPINION: GEN. ALKALI’S MURDER AND OPERATIONS DISCOVER DEATH PONDS

If Nigerian military men can be killed by citizens under whatever guise and nothing is done, then Nigeria is under siege and danger. If a general of the Nigerian Army can be killed by any group under whatever pursuit...

OPINION: REVERSING THE STIGMA ASSOCIATED WITH INTERSEX CHILDREN

The term hermaphrodite refers to an organism that has reproductive organs normally associated with both male and female sexes. It can also be said to be an organism that has complete or partial reproductive organs and produces gametes normally...

OPINION: DR. GOODLUCK JONATHAN AT 61: WHEN A LEADER LEAVES POSITIVE STRIDES IN THE SANDS OF TIME

On Tuesday, November 20, 2018, the Face of Democracy in Africa, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, will be 61 years old. On that same day, he will be presenting his brilliant book, My Transition Hours, to the public. Finally, through that book,...

OPINION: CAN FAYEMI DISS ACADEMIA?

The academia is a community or world of teachers, schools and education. In the academic world, colleagues positively interact, respect each other and value the contributions of each individual. Academia is also a culture. Yes, there is a culture named...