Opinion

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...

OPINION: ALLEGED BUHARI DOUBLE AND THE SPIRIT OF PUBLIC INQUIRY

This week’s reflection is on a trending story that began when Buhari returned from his 104-days of medical treatment in the UK in 2017. Many were surprised that on his return,  Buhari, who was a subject of several extremely...

OPINION: POLICE AS ENEMY OF THE LAW

Let me confess that even amongst the several cases of gross irresponsibility on the part of a whole lot of police operatives and officers in Nigeria, there are a sprinkling of very efficient and disciplined officers. I must say...

OPINION: WHAT DSS REPORT SAYS ABOUT OSHIOMHOLE

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The depth of filth in the APC primary election can contain a tsunami. The "inglorious" exercise and its resulting attrition betray the anti-corruption sloganeering of the Buhari administration. A lot has been said about the alleged involvement of Adams Oshiomhole,...

OPINION: THE APPRECIATION OF OUR WIVES

I enjoy so much discussing with my wife on every matter of life. I sometimes discuss with reservations when her female emotions try to undo her reasoning. Sometimes, we recall the past and review our shortcomings to each other....

OPINION: NNPC: DIVERSION OF $2.201BN NLNG DIVIDENDS AND MORE TO COME

It should actually be worrying to genuinely concerned Nigerians that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) with impunity is manifestly going into apostasy against every known principle of honesty as concerns budgeting and accounting in all the streams of...

OPINION: THE RECONSTRUCTION OF OBAHIAGBON IN THE SENATE RACE

If I had thought that Honourable Patrick Obahiagbon, the son of Igodomigodo, was not a very popular brand, that thought would have perished on December 16, 2017, when he stormed the ancient city of Owo in Ondo State, at...

OPINION: APPRAISING NDOMA-EGBA-LED NDDC BOARD

On November 4, 2016, a new Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) constituted by President Muhammadu Buhari and headed by former Senate Leader, Distinguished Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, was inaugurated with Mr. Nsima Ekere as the commission's...