Opinion

OPINION: AS APC ‘BRINGS’ ORDER FROM CHAOS

If you have ever visited a typical chain of brothels then you will understand how chaos and disorder functions in real life situation. This is because traditionally, the red light district is a house of 'sin' and the ancillary activities...

OPINION: ON NIGERIA’S AGONY

As devoted human rights campaigners, our official and private lines are usually inundated with calls from distressed members of the civil society. These callers ranging from house wives confronting different facets of brutal domestic abuses and violence to single girls...

OPINION: ONAGORUWA: THE MAN WHO RETURNED FROM THE LION’S DEN

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Dr. Olu Onagoruwa, armed with a PhD in Law, a glorious practice in journalism, solid experience in the classroom,  rich  political activism, a sword and shield of righteousness and a burning sense of patriotism, went into the den of military dictatorship. That...

OPINION: BETWEEN BOKO AND BORNO HARAM

We cannot refrain from analyzing the counter-insurgency campaigns in Nigeria in the last two years under President Muhammadu Buhari. We cannot cast away a conscience overshadowed by the irrepressible inner voice which echoes a quenched, but gradually resurrecting tempo...

OPINION: IS NIGERIA POISED FOR AN ECONOMIC REBOUND?

It has certainly been a lively year for the Nigerian economy as it continues to diversify away from oil reliance while juggling with a currency crisis and Dollar shortages created by low oil prices. Although the nation still remains...

OPINION: LAKE CHAD ATTACK: SEPARATING PROPAGANDA FROM REALITY

The unfortunate and avoidable killings of over 60 Nigerians on exploration at the Lake Chad basin by Boko Haram terrorists is a sad reminder of how innocent Nigerians die everyday in the troubled Borno state. What is most disturbing...

OPINION: FEDERALISM AND GOVERNANCE INSTITUTIONS: LAYING THE FOUNDATIONS FOR NIGERIA’S PROSPERITY

Last week, we were greeted with screaming headlines: federal government disburses second tranche of Paris club refund. In the breakdown, Kano State had as much as 10 billion, ahead of Lagos, which had just a little over 8 billion...

OPINION: PARIS CLUB REFUND, BLIMEY NOT FOR SALARIES!

Most salary payers in Nigeria hold salary earners in a lot of contempt. You’d often hear the salary payer yell at the salary earner, ‘after all, I pay you a salary, don’t I?!’ as if the salary itself is...

OPINION: THE AGITATION FOR REFERENDUM & BIAFRA AGENDA

In light of recent happenings across the Nigerian polity, it is expedient to provide an informed opinion on the necessity of referendum as a tool for political engagement in Nigeria. Though there have been ceaseless undercurrents of agitation on...

OPINION: HATE SPEECH: WRONG NARRATIVE FOR NATIONAL DISCOURSE, INTEGRATION

The recent potential threat on national unity posed by hate speeches emanating from various parts of the country has created anxiety and doubts on whether or not Nigeria will still remain a sovereign entity. An undiscerning mind can easily draw...