Opinion

OPINION: HATE SPEECH SANCTION; TIME TO REFLECT, RESTITUTE AND REPOSITION

Hate speech is an integral aspect of a people gravely fragmented, failed in articulating collective aspirations. It is usually programed to illicit anger, hate, which ultimately dangerously affect corporate existence. Hate news in Nigeria has cultural, religious flavor, which...

OPINION: THE OGISO OF BINI & IJAW CAME FROM ILE-IFE

The most objective way to tell the history of a people or ethnic group like the Bini is to look at historiography from their perspective. In other words, in light most favorable to them: In Jacob Egharevba Ekhere vb' Itan...

OPINION: END POWER SNAFU NOW MR PRESIDENT

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I would like to join millions of Nigerians to welcome Mr President back from the UK. Our beloved president had been recuperating after treatment in a UK hospital. Many of us who were praying for him to get well...

OPINION: JAMB AND THE POLITICS OF CUT-OFF MARKS

I have followed with keen interest the controversy over the announcement of cut-off marks for Nigeria’s admission processes for the 2017/2018 session, with many commentators and the general public insisting that it is unwise, insensitive and retrogressive, to reduce...

OPINION: BUHARI’S MEDICAL VACATION AND THE NEED TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES OF NIGERIA’S HEALTH SECTOR

Before the return of President Muhammadu Buhari after more than three months on medical vacation in the United Kingdom, some Nigerians took to the streets of Abuja and UK demanding for his immediate return or resignation. That protest led...

OPINION: TARABA: GETTING BEAUTIFUL EVERYDAY

Taraba state was created on this day years ago and like the proverbial Phoenix, it has come out of its own ashes again and again, unstoppable. She, like a truly beautiful woman, continue to get fresher and finer even...

OPINION: DRAWING A LINE BETWEEN HATE SPEECH AND CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM

Few weeks back, the Nigerian government drew a line on hate speech in the country, equating it to terrorism. The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, stated this at the National Economic Council security retreat held at the Presidential Villa in...

OPINION: NIGERIA 2019: WHY MAHMOOD YAKUBU’S INEC MUST MAKE PROVISIONS FOR DIASPORA VOTING IN 2019 FEDERAL ELECTIONS

I have it on good authority that the Independent National Electoral Commission is considering Diaspora voting. Dr. Mahmood Yakubu, sources say, made the declaration citing reasons why it is under active consideration and may be granted in the forthcoming...

OPINION: IDRIS: WHEN CRIME FIGHTS BACK

Nigerians, I plead your indulgence to engage ourselves in a dispassionate discussion as insightful patriots! None of us can really say, a nation such as Nigeria would have known peace without a law enforcement security agency like the Nigerian...

OPINION: IF TOMORROW COMES TO NIGERIA

It was the largest gathering of highly educated persons I have ever attended, or heard about on the continent.  The quality of the academics and the cost that would have been incurred educating them is unquantifiable.  The Vice Chancellors (VCs)of all  148...