Opinion

OPINION: ODIMODI/FORCADOS JUDGMENT: A PROOF OF CORPORATE WICKEDNESS IN THE NIGER DELTA

It is agreed by many that War may be a  lawful act and without sin, if it meets these three conditions; waged by the lawful public authority in defense of the common good,    waged for a just cause, and...

OPINION: THE BAD NEWS FROM KANO

There is no doubt that Nigeria is gradually sliding into a police state going by the stomach-churning advice by the Kano State Commissioner of Police, Mr Rabiu Yusuf, that a former state governor and current senator, Rabiu Kwankwaso, should...

OPINION: MY DEAR BABA BUHARI, LEAVE US TO KEEP EATING MAGGI

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"Nigerians have become so impatient and edgy now because we eat too much of maggi" House of Representatives member, Aishatu Dukku. We don't have enough time to live our own life! I reached this conclusion after trying to follow all the...

OPINION: THE TERRORIST HERDSMEN AND THE IRRESPONSIBLE AND COMPLICIT ACTIVITIES OF THE BUHARI FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

For close to 13 years, mass killings by Fulani herdsmen have been common place all over Nigeria. During the middle of the Yar Adua tenure, hardly a day went without large scale killings perpetrated by Fulani herdsmen in Plateau...

OPINION: SENATE 2019: IF LOLA ASHIRU RUNS

The magical year, 2019, is 12 months away. And, with it comes the proverbial wind of change. With constituents serving quit notice on desperate, parasitic and under-performing senators, it appears some members of the upper chambers of the National...

OPINION: NIGERIAN POLITICIANS AND INTEGRITY DEFICIT

I have this habit of engaging in early morning light debate. This is in keeping with my admiration for a certain philosopher of Ancient Greece who gained reputation for always going to the market square every other morning to engage...

OPINION: HUMANIST FORUM AND INTELLECTUAL AWAKENING IN IMO STATE

Humanists are planning to convene a forum in Owerri, which is the capital of Imo State in Southern Nigeria. The main aim is to provide a platform for people of like mind, humanists and freethinkers, in this part of...

OPINION: OBASANJO: ONE MEDDLING TOO MANY

There is only one instance when the messenger can be shot and trash the message trashed – consigned to the dustbin of history, which is when the former president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo is the messenger. For a man...

OPINION: TACKLING INEQUALITY BY ‘LIFTING STONES’

Energy, agriculture sectors key to bridging gap between rich and poor in Africa If you wish to move mountains tomorrow, you must start by lifting stones today”—so goes an African proverb, crystallising the solutions to the continent’s socioeconomic inequalities. Africa is...

BETTER BE A SINGLE BROKE ASS THAN A SHAFTED DIVORCEE

Broke Ass Have Rights Too! You worked day and night all your life just to be able to have happy homes, wife and children, only to end up with a failed marriage. Your wealthy status changed if you can...