Opinion

OPINION: ASCRIBING RELEVANCE TO NIGERIA’S OGP NATIONAL PLAN

Last week, very senior officials of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI, had a very productive meeting with the newly constituted NDDC board. Four key issues emanated from a press statement released therefrom. One was the prompting from...

OPINION: AN APC POLICE: VERY SAD FOR DEMOCRACY 

Since the very day Mr Ibrahim Idris was appointed as Inspector-General of Police for his partisan role during the 2015 General Elections whilst he served as Commissioner of Police  in Kano State, he has metamorphosed  into a nightmare  to...

OPINION: OBASEKI’S FIRST 90 DAYS, A HARVEST OF RIPE TOMATOES 

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Ninety days are not enough, anywhere in the world, to judge and rate democratically elected four-year tenure. But for All Progressives Congress (APC)-elected noiseless Governor of Edo State in the South-South of Nigeria, Godwin Nogheghase Obaseki, he has not only...

OPINION: STATE SECURITY LAWS AND THE FREEDOM OF PRESS IN NIGERIA

State Security Laws can be defined as those laws that give a nation the leverage to protect its vital locations or areas against invasion or espionage. Also these laws protect pices of information that are vital to the security...

OPINION: ONE THING NORTHERN NIGERIA NEEDS TO EXCEL

There is no doubt that the northern part of Nigeria is predominated by Muslims who are guided by Islam through two holy sources: the Qur’an and sunnah of Prophet Muhammad. If this is established amidst events and situations in...

OPINION: VALENTINE AND SEXUALITY EDUCATION NEEDS IN NIGERIA

February 14 is here. It is called the season of love where we are to care for people and show greater affection to our loved ones, the needy and to the vulnerable. In some quarters, it is a period...

OPINION: HURIWA, ARE RELIGIOUS LEADERS ABOVE THE LAW?     

Human Rights Writers Association (HURIWA) appears to be redefining   itself in a manner that may soon necessitate a name change to reflect   the inherent distortions in its newfound direction. This group has   before now distinguished itself as one that...

OPINION: YOUNG GHANAIANS RISK ALL FOR “BETTER” LIFE

Some migrate within Africa while others take the risky route to Europe Every week, in the Brong Ahafo Region — one of Ghana’s major food baskets — vehicles load up with men between 18 and 40 years old. Many, mostly...

‎OPINION: ON PERSUASION, DISSENT, AND CONVERSION 

In our society today, it is almost commonplace to find the constant use of weak verbal attacks and rhetoric of physical violence; protesters and all with varying opinions debase language, which is powerful in expression of dissent. Although language...

OPINION: PUBLIC HEALTH SCHEMES: GETTING IT RIGHT

Ghana grapples with making health care universally accessible When Bernard Natey could not find a qualified cardiac surgeon in his native Togo to implant a pacemaker in his heart to manage an irregular heartbeat, he promptly packed his bags for...