Opinion

OPINION: ACCELERATING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TOWARD 2030 

Taken together, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – contained in U.N. Resolution 70/1 involving the 194 member states and civil society in its deliberation – seek an encouraging level of development of humanity’s social and environmental existence. They...

OPINION: WHY IS HEALTH NOT MAJOR NEWS IN NIGERIA? 

Two decades and still counting that yours faithfully has been engaged in media practices and other allied advocacy activities, one issue that mystifies me is why traditional media gate keepers like editors have failed to scale up reportage of...

OPINION: THE NAKED GODS

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The past few days will probably be a turning point in the relationship between President Buhari and some of the most ardent supporters of his candidacy in the 2015 elections in the country. At least four key supporters from...

OPINION: TRUMP AND THE PARABLE OF THE CAVE 

The road to the United States of America’s Presidency for the Billionaire businessman Mr. Donald Trump has been topsy-turvy and can best be described as a pyrrhic victory. The processes leading to the election of Donald Trump and the defeat...

OPINION: EVEN IN SICKNESS, BUHARI REMAINS A HERO

President Muhammadu Buhari has grown to become an unassailable enigma. The more Nigerians try to demystify him the more enigmatic he becomes. It is only heroes that do what Buhari does in Nigeria and get away with it. This is...

OPINION: IS CROSS-DRESSING THE NEW FASHION CRAZE?

Our youths are always importing fashions and habits from abroad, copying trends and adopting them as their own. The end result is that sometimes they often look ridiculous and out of place. The latest fashion craze some men have copied...

OPINION: BUHARI, THE DOGS DON’T LIKE IT 

Once upon a time, a pet food company created a new variety of dog food and rolled out a massive marketing campaign to introduce the product. Despite hiring a first-rate advertising agency, initial sales were very disappointing. The agency...

OPINION: AMERICAN DEMOCRACY IS UNDER SIEGE

All the stars are properly aligned for the Republican Party to mold and shape the future of America for the next half century. The presidency, the senate, the House, the judiciary, majority of state houses and legislatures, etc., are...

OPINION: KADUNA KILLINGS: BEFORE BUHARI IS CRUCIFIED 

The backlash of criticisms of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration over the Southern Kaduna killings really pained the heart on account of its sentimentality. Commentaries by some Nigerians accused him of silence, conspiracy, inaction, shielding of murderous Fulani jihadists, failure...

OPINION: WHY THE FEBRUARY 6TH MARCH BECAME IMPERATIVE 

Last week, lots of dramatic scenarios played out regarding what then was the proposal by the Iconic musician Mr. Innocent Tuface Idibia to lead out disaffected Nigerians in a nationwide protest against the exorbitant and excruciating costs of living. Before...