Opinion

OPINION: TERRORISM, NATIONAL SECURITY AND THE MASS MEDIA

Security of lives and property is a fundamental obligation the Nigerian state owes to its citizens, as entrenched in the 1999 Constitution. When government fails on other constitutional obligations, it is pardonable. But breach of security in any guise...

OPINION: NIGERIA’S INDEPENDENCE: A VICTORY WON TOO EARLY

Nigeria is about to celebrate her 56th year of gaining independence from the British, but the country is still struggling, as it is obvious that a lot of things are not working. From the time I was born - nearly twenty...

OPINION: KING SUNNY ADE AT 70

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Chief Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye, the legendary juju musician popularly known as King Sunny Ade deserves the four-month-long celebration of his 70th birthday which began on September 1, marked with great attention on September 22, the actual date of his...

OPINION: UDOM: A GOVERNOR ON TOP OF SITUATIONS

Those who ever doubted whether Mr. Udom Emmanuel was a good choice as governor of the State found themselves reviewing such position last week. It was a media parley at the instance of His Excellency, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, governor...

OPINION: THE LITTLE THINGS THAT MATTER 

You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. - John Maxwell My friend hosted a symposium two weeks ago, and she asked me to be the MC. It was a first time request, so I...

OPINION: RE: PETERSIDE AND APC FANTASY

The Nigerian world was awoken to an article with the above-referenced title in the DAILY SUN newspaper of Friday, September 2, 2016 at page 16. The point for this rejoinder is not about the person of Robert Obioha writing...

OPINION: IS NIGERIA’S CLIMATE CHANGE ALL ABOUT LAKE CHAD?

PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI has just returned from the United Nations 71st General Assembly which is the last before the exit of the most unsuccessful Secretary General. I am referring to the disastrous administration of the global body by the South...

OPINION: TO HOLD AND TO CHERISH

Sunday mornings for me, are times to relax and reflect. The hustles of the workdays and social callings of Saturday behind, Sundays are inviting and alluring. So it was on Sunday September 18. I sat upstairs in my home, laptop in front....

OPINION: LAGOS: NOW THAT AMBODE HAS ARRIVED!

If _Eko oni baje_ was a coinage of the _Jagaba/Shugaba_ Ahmed Bola Tinubu-led government in Lagos state, the saying was institutionalized and gained currency during the tenure of his successor, Raji Babatunde Fashola. Incumbent governor, Akinwumi Ambode, is proving...

OPINION: THIS IS WHY NIGERIANS SUFFER…

_THE GREATEST LESSON IN LIFE IS TO KNOW THAT SOMETIMES EVEN FOOLS ARE RIGHT—WINSTON CHURCHILL_ So, that the country is in recession is not the news, has never been the news, despite all the debates, arguments, mutual consent and accusations...who...