Opinion

In his classic titled, “_YOU HAVE A BRAIN_”, the American renowned brain surgeon and erstwhile Republican Party’s presidential candidate DR. BEN CARSON went about providing the world with what he rightly termed “_A TEEN’S GUIDE TO T.H.I.N.K. B.I.G.” This exceptionally...

The 'CHANGE BEGINS WITH ME' campaigns kickstarted by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari is being misunderstood as if the President is shifting the Change he promised to the doorsteps of Nigerians. The impression I...

Senator Bernie Sanders’ call during the primaries for a new approach to resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was on-point and necessary. However, his plea for the US to adopt a policy of even-handedness in dealing with Israel and the Palestinians...

One of the most salient components of democracy is the freedom to exercise your right to free speech.  However in much of  Africa whereby democracy has been embraced, the exercise of this fundamental freedom can come with a number...

The  Kogi State governorship election which was largely expected to be the first real test of President Buhari’s commitment to credible electoral process in Nigeria has come and gone, yet the outcome of the election which has been greeted...

The recent interview granted The Punch by one Professor Ishaq Akintola titled “We want Fridays work-free for Muslims” wherein among other things he acerbically nay needlessly criticized the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria over their stand on...

In 1988 an Italian company came under the cover of night and dumped highly toxic nuclear waste in Koko, a port in Delta State. Most of us were mere children then, unaware what that hue and cry was. But...

“If you tell a lie big enough and been repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it”. This was one of the quotes attributed to Joseph Goebbels, Hitler’s propaganda chief, though versions of this were also attributed to...

Every three years in the village of Toraja in South Sualwesi, in Indonesia they hold a very strange festival. They exhume the bodies of their deceased relatives, clean them up, dress them in new clothes and put them on display. While...

Some of us would remember the popular movie that featured the iconic Hollywood star Clint Eastwood titled, THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE UGLY? For the purpose of appraising the state of the nation today, l would like to characterize Nigerians...