Opinion

OPINION: THE REAL PRICE OF “CHANGING THE CHANGE”

Top opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members have been granting press interviews and addressing zonal political rallies talking about “CHANGING THE CHANGE” in next year’s general elections, without defining what exactly that means. As the governing All Progressives Congress (APC)...

OPINION: #MICDROP, THE SARAKI WAY

This week, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, the President of the Nigerian Senate, deserved to 'drop his mic.' After promising to deliver a comprehensive reform to Nigeria's business environment, he did it — with the passage of the re-enactment of...

OPINION: MUSIC: NIGERIA’S NEW EXPORT

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Naija beats topping international charts, but dividends are “scattered” It is a cold evening in Antwerp, Belgium’s second-largest city, famous for diamonds, beer, art and high-end fashion. Inside a small restaurant, a mix of the latest American pop and rap—clearly...

OPINION: HALITOSIS: A DISCOMFORTING ORAL CONDITION PERVADING THE GLOBE

We should have a way of telling people they have bad breath without hurting their feelings. Well, I'm bored. Let's go brush our teeth. Or, I've got to make a phone call. Hold this gum in your mouth. -...

OPINION: ALL GLOVES OFF FOR PMB

On Wednesday, May 9, 2018, some ex-leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who joined the coalition that gave birth to the All Progressives Congress (APC), issued a seven-day ultimatum to the leadership of the APC to convene a...

OPINION: WHY ATIKU’S PROPOSAL TO SELL REFINERIES IS CALLOUS, ANTI-PEOPLE

We shouldn’t be responding to the hysteria masqueraded as a response by the Atiku All Support Group (AASG) to our published stand on the callous, anti-people  proposal by People’s Democratic Party’s Presidential aspirant, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, to sell off the...

OPINION: STAND YOUR GROUND, SENATE

These times in Nigeria are perilous. These are times when the public space is populated by paid agents provocateurs whose stock in trade is to grand stand and ceaselessly issue meaningless media commentaries in support of the tyrannical status...

OPINION: 2019 AND THE POLITICS OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE

Each Governor was reportedly asked by the ruling APC party to bring N250 million ahead of the party’s National Convention. When the public protested, recently, the party disclaimed the news even if it added that it was the responsibility...

OPINION: 2019: BUHARI AND NIGERIAN POLITICAL ELITES

"I served as a Head of State, Governor and Chairman of Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF) but never looted the treasury unlike Nigeria's past leaders who own 20 to 30 houses while some Nigerians cannot even afford a room. I'm...

OPINION: WOMEN: LIBERIA’S GUARDIANS OF PEACE

The role of women in bringing and sustaining peace lauded globally Not long ago, images of child soldiers and the nation of Liberia were wedded in the minds of the international community. The country was struggling to end a horrific...