Opinion

OPINION: BUHARI: THE ROAD NOT TRAVELLED

This piece was inspired by a video of the Kenyan National Prayer Breakfast, which recently went viral.  In that video President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga publicly offered apologies to each other over the contentious and acrimony-laden...

OPINION: FASHION IN NUDITY

A scene was recently created at the gate of one Church located at one of the Highbrow areas in Abuja recently. A young woman who felt that she was unjustly prevented from accessing the church to worship was furious...

OPINION: AFRICA COULD BE THE NEXT FRONTIER FOR CRYPTOCURRENCY

Experts say conditions on the continent are great for virtual currency Interest in cryptocurrency, a form of digital currency, is growing steadily in Africa. Some economists say it is a disruptive innovation that will blossom on the continent. Cryptocurrency is not...

OPINION: THE OMINOUS “BLOODSHED” IN EKITI

It was the inimitable pioneer Editor-in-Chief of Newswatch magazine, the late Dele Giwa, who once wrote that one life taken in cold blood is as gruesome as many taken in a pogrom. His intervention, possibly in the context of...

OPINION: BUHARI AND THE JUNE 12 SAGA

There are three aspects - the strategic, the political and the legal - to the Federal Government’s decision to replace May 29 with June 12 as Nigeria’s Democracy Day, and to confer on the late Chief MKO Abiola, the...

OPINION: HUMANISM AND RESOLUTION OF ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS CRISIS  IN PLATEAU STATE

It is most fitting that this first humanist event in Jos, and in Plateau state is devoted to fostering peace and tolerance in the region. This is because these values have in recent times been in relative short supply...

OPINION: WHY “FALZ” SHOULD IGNORE THREAT FROM MUSLIM RIGHTS CONCERN, MURIC

The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has issued a 7-day ultimatum to Folarin 'Falz' Falana to apologise to Muslims and withdraw his trending video, "This is Nigeria", over what the group termed "insensitive, thoughtless and highly provocative" scenes. The group also...

OPINION: WHAT TRUTH AND HUMOUR MEAN TO BUHARI

President Muhammadu Buhari does not dissimulate. He does not speak tongue-in-cheek as some other leaders are wont to do for the sake of political correctness. He speaks to issues, point blank, the way he sees them, without playing to...

OPINION: BENUE KILLINGS: THE OWL’S HOWL AND SHADOWS OF QUISLINGS?

Literary artistes hardly die. We know after the physical transmutation from life to divine communion with ancestors, their spirit lives, dines and wines with us, through legendary, timeless and impactful works. The last few days have got me both sad...

OPINION: THE ROAD TO BABYLON

Nigeria is on the road to Babylon: a place of confusion. Three years ago, the people were convinced that they had found a messiah who will lead them to the Promised Land, and meet all their expectations. Today, everyone...