Opinion

“Is this one a student? You there? It's a pity...” - Governor Abiola Ajimobi If we can scan the Nigeria political horizon, it is difficulty to spot anyone that might be described as an unambiguously great leader. Our great leaders...

There is a universal doctrine among all religions that God created man in his image. God is also everywhere and can hear us in any language. It is therefore illogical that God can only hear us in certain language...

Long before the democratization of the blogging culture among Nigerians and the viral spread of opinionitis on social media, Philip Adekunle’s Nigeria Village Square (NVS) was one of those early platforms that provided opportunities for the free exchange of...

The 2016 Christmas and 2017 New Year festivities were unequivocally interesting in the definition of recession within the Nigerian context. These two celebrations are most especially observed in the Southern part of Nigeria, hence the reflections on their effects...

Liars and cheats occasionally win a war but seldom win a battle. "The continued reoccurrence and persistence of repression through   economic, political, and social-cultural means in the mistake called   Jonathan’s government has created a nation of traumatized and   dehumanized citizenry....

Until somewhere in 2015, I was like many others a consummate fan of   Senator Ita Solomon Enang. He was my model legislator; cerebral,   sublime, profound and perspicacious. On the floor of the House where he   spent a generous 12-years...

I knew this was going to happen sooner than later. Now that Aso Rock and the President's men, the senators, the reps, and the judges are feeling the scorching heat from Sahara, they are crying and acting like puppies...

In this final article in my series of replies to Simon Kolawole’s “The Welcome Party” (THISDAY newspaper of Sunday December 25, 2016), where he condemned the massive celebration Chief James Onanefe Ibori’s release from UK jail elicited in Nigeria,...

Higher wages and modern facilities are magnets for Africa’s health workers Dressed in full medical gear and clutching a folder, Folu Songonuga, a physiotherapist, walked briskly across the lobby in the offices of Activa Rehabilitation Services in Orange, New Jersey,...

Africa is finally making headway in its decades-long fight against malaria The World Health Organization (WHO) announced in December 2015 that the global incidence of malaria had finally been slowed, thanks in large part to a massive rollout of mosquito...