Opinion

OPINION: NIGERIA’S SENATE AND ITS BASKET OF EMPTY PROBES

The Nigeria senate is impotent. So impotent that it engages in theatrical probes to conceal the absence of a legislative manhood. I have followed the senate closely. In fact, I covered that arm of the national assembly in the past....

OPINION: AS PTAD BEGINS PAYMENT OF PENSION TO EX-BIAFRAN POLICE OFFICERS

The commencement of payment of pension benefits by Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) to Nigeria Police Officers who fought on the side of Biafra during the Nigerian Civil War from 1966-1970 is a very commendable initiative by the present...

OPINION: AFRICA EXPLOSIVE POPULATION GROWTH BY 2050

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Many years ago, a professor from Sick Children Hospital in Toronto asked health workers during orientation: who is going to feed them after saving all these children in African countries? It sounded callous then but after reflection for years,...

OPINION: LOVE PORTIONS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT

The film industry in the United States of America otherwise known as Hollywood is currently in an emotional turmoil following the outbreak of massive public disclosures of serial sexual harassment and cases of sexual abuses made against one of...

OPINION: CHILD POVERTY IN AMERICA IS INDEFENSIBLE

The Trump Administration’s Proposals On The Annual Budget, The Efforts To Repeal And Replace The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), And Restructuring Of The Tax System All Point To A Sad And Even Tragic Conclusion. The Poor Will Be Poorer,...

OPINION: SOUTHERN GOVERNORS AND THE DEMAND FOR ‘TRUE FEDERALISM’

The recent report of a meeting of the Governors from 16 of the 17 States in the Southern part of the country has a lot of significance, especially as scheming and brinksmanship towards 2019 gather momentum. According to reports,...

OPINION: NINETY-NINE DAYS FOR THE THIEF 

It is known worldwide  that lies travel faster than truth. Whilst the  truth is getting set, lies would have covered a thousand kilometres.  But rest assured, the truth always triumphs. The Holy Bible in John 8:32 states: "Then you will know the truth,...

OPINION: ADVENT OF HON FOLORUNSHO PERKINS OJEAGA TO END YEARS OF NEGLECT, MARGINALIZATION OF ESAN PEOPLE

Today, we find ourselves caught again and writhing in an agonizing web of a dearth of infrastructures in the two Edo Senatorial Districts that has reduced Esan land to an economic backwater. On what do we blame this if you...

OPINION: MINT PENSIONERS: TOO OLD TO WORK, TOO YOUNG TO DIE

During a tour of Germany in March, 2012, I had discussions with a number of workers including those  of  the Bayerische  Motoren Werke AG (BMW) makers of high class sports sedans and motorcycles. Their main grouse was a planned increase in  retirement age...

OPINION: CORRUPTION AS NIGERIA’S ‘BERMUDA TRIANGLE’

In modern times, most countries have peculiar challenges that are obviously man-made which cripples all developmental goals targeted by the people of such countries to such an extent that the wise persons in those nations are bewildered by the...