Opinion

OPINION: LETTER TO YUSUF BUHARI

My Dearest Brother, We praise and glorify the name of God Almighty, Creator of the Universe, the giver and taker of life, the protector and the magnificent for His mercies and blessings to us on earth. And we thank Him...

OPINION: SUBLIMATION: AN ESCAPIST DESPERATION IN THIS YEAR 2018

The saying, 'one thing goes at a time' has become obsolete in this 21st century. Individuals do so many uncountable things together just to fast track their apathetic moments no matter how the supplementary findings may look or appear....

OPINION: ‘DEAD’ PRESIDENT AND DEAD MEN IN HIS CABINET

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THE discovery of dead persons names on President Muhammadu Buhari's boards appointments made last weekend signposted a nation in constant trauma, plagued by inept leadership and a stubbornly disoriented clique that has held Buhari's Presidency hostage, while the people...

OPINION: NEW YEAR: EXAMINING THOSE UNRESOLVED ISSUES

It has become a cliché for people around the globe to declare an improved way of approaching life every beginning day of the year. It is popularly tagged "new year resolution". Everybody wants to be a better human being...

OPINION: OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUHARI ON JANUARY 1, 2018

Dear Mr. President, Your Excellency, may the Almighty God, the creator of heaven and earth, the merciful Lord who granted you the grace to survive your undisclosed ailment in 2017, also heal your son, Mr. Yusuf from the injuries he...

OPINION: WHY AFRICA’S YOUNG PEOPLE ARE THE REAL WINNERS AT THE CONFEDERATION OF AFRICAN FOOTBALL (CAF) AWARDS

Almost nowhere on earth is football followed as passionately as in Africa. It is loved by Africans from all walks of life across the continent. This week, I am giving the opening address at the Confederation of African Football...

OPINION: INTERROGATING OGANNAH’S COMMITMENT TO THE BULWARK OF TRUTH IN ONLINE JOURNALISM

There is no task in the community that is greater than the commitment to cleansing the Augean stables. In Greek mythology, the Stables cleaned by Heracles were owned by King Augeas and they had not been cleaned in 30...

OPINION: CHANGING THE PARADIGM OF GOVERNMENT SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGEMENT 

One of the defining features of the era we now live in, especially in the Social Media space is what I have described elsewhere as the “dwindling Quality of Public Debate in Nigeria”. One area where this decay is...

OPINION: HONOURING SERVICE CHIEFS WITH NATIONAL HONORS AS SEAL OF PERFORMANCE INDEX

In a coincidence with this writer's decision to pen this article, the Punch newspaper in its online version published the story "Buhari fails to award national honours in two years" to draw attention to deserving citizens that should be...

OPINION: THE BITTER TRUTHS; A WALK INTO FIRDAUS’ CONTROVERSY

“I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing...