Opinion

OPINION: DESIGNATED SPECIAL COURTS ARE SUPERIOR COURTS OF RECORD IN NIGERIA

The directive issued by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (Justice Walter Nkanu Samuel Onnoghen) to all Chief Judges of the various states that they designate special court (s) in their jurisdiction for the sole purpose of handling corruption cases,...

OPINION: WILL NIGERIA TREAT DRUG ADDICTS ANY BETTER?

Nigeria is a place where we choose to believe that drug abuse/dependence is alien to our culture. The prevalence of drug abuse is actually very high in Nigeria and it is an epidemic that is ravaging Nigeria. I personally...

OPINION: LETTER OF APPRECIATION TO NIGERIANS @57

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Nigeria is a republic 57 years old. With very intelligent arguments and supporters on interest divides, I realize every single contribution deserve appreciation from the dramatis personae. I acknowledge those who will wholeheartedly support everything without having a single...

OPINION: REVISITING THE CALL TO REVIVE IGBO LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

There is a bil before the Lagos House of Assembly tagged“A Bill for a Law To Provide for the Preservation and Promotion of the Use of Yoruba Language and for Connected Purposes’’ that seeks to make Yoruba language a...

OPINION: AJAOKUTA STEEL AND NIGERIA’S INDUSTRIALIZATION DREAM

After Nigeria's attainment of independence in 1960, we have had various industrial and economic development plans, designed for the purpose of transforming the country into an industrialized nation that would become a force to reckon with in the global...

OPINION: NIGERIA’S GROWING NEED FOR BEACH PLASTIC AUDIT

According to Ocean Atlas 2017 - a publication of facts and figures on the threats to our marine ecosystems by Heinrich Böll Foundation and the University of Kiel’s Future Ocean Cluster of Excellence – Nigeria ranks among the top twenty countries with...

OPINION: FG, SOKOTO GOVT’S COLLABORATION AS MODEL IN HEALTHCARE FINANCING

Few days ago, the Federal Government, through the federal ministry of health, announced a collaborative effort with Sokoto government that will see to the deployment of overstaffed workers of Usmanu Danfodio University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH) to state-owned hospitals so...

OPINION: NIGERIA’S TALES BY MOONLIGHT INDEPENDENCE

Benjamin Disraeli once stood up in the British Parliament and declared: "Half of this room consists of IDIOTS". There was a protest from his colleagues who demanded a retraction. Disraeli obliged. Standing up again he said, "Half of this...

OPINION: LIKE BIAFRA LIKE CATALAN

I was taken aback by images screening on BBC News of riot police smashing a glass door to gain access into one of the venues being used for the referendum by Catalan separatists in Spain. The harsh clamp down...

OPINION: BUHARI’S FOOD SELF-SUFFICIENCY DRIVE IS THE REAL INDEPENDENCE

President Muhammadu Buhari undertakes the political ritual of Independence Day broadcast to the nation this Sunday morning, in a speech that highlights major strides in the pet themes of the administration: anti corruption, war against terrorism, economic revival and...