Opinion

OPINION: WHO AND WHERE ARE OUR PROPHETS, FOR THE SAKE OF OUR YOUTHS?

Please, permit me, to start today’s submission with Karl Popper’s thoughtful provocation, when he said, "We may become the makers of our fate when we have ceased to pose as its prophets." The case of Aworiland is similar to that...

OPINION: LETTER TO OYO STATE APC LEADERS AND STAKEHOLDERS

In my letter of July 9th, 2016 titled, Open Letter to Governor Abiola Ajimobi, I indicated that the promise made to the people of Oyo State by “His Excellency” Governor Abiola Ajimobi that local government election will hold in...

OPINION : BETWEEN THE JOURNALIST AND THE SPOKESPERSON

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In the past few weeks, my colleagues who have taken over as spokespersons for the Muhammadu Buhari government and the All Progressives Congress have found themselves in the line of fire, as they are accused of destroying their old...

OPINION:  HAJJ BOYCOTT: ISN’T THIS SHI’A IMPUNITY?

‘Do Not Have Anything To Do With Those Who Split Up Their Religion Into Sects.’- Qur’an 6:159 Interesting! Shi’a Muslims from Iran (and, perhaps, Shi’a Muslims from other countries too) were absent on Sunday, September 11, as Muslims converged on...

OPINION: JUDICIARY: FIGHTING GRAFT NEEDS MUSCLES

Impartial judges help strengthen the rule of law When a survey on corruption was carried out in Ghana two years ago, more than 8 out of every 10 Ghanaians (85%) said judges and magistrates were some of the most corrupt...

OPINION: OPEN LETTER TO MR AHMED KURU, THE MD OF AMCON

Mr Ahmed Kuru, These are the incontrovertible facts. AMCON is a major shareholder in Aero Contractors of Nigeria. AMCON appointed the incompetent chief executive of AERO, Captain Fola Akinkuotu, a man who was sacked from his former post as the head of...

OPINION: LAGOS AS THE MOST VIABLE STATE MAY SECEDE

Nna, what types of insults are these? Insults, what do you mean by insults? Please stop jare! Lagos State is the richest in the whole of Nigeria and that has been proven many times. If you do not believe it,...

OPINION: THE TRUE MEANING OF RECESSION

There have been interesting arguments over Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun’s observation that “recession is just a word”, and NAN MD,  Bayo Onanuga claiming that reports of hardship in the land is exaggerated propaganda. I think we need to...

OPINION: DEMOCRACY IS WHEN THEY WIN

The crowds on the streets of the Venezuelan  capital, Caracas on September 1 seeking the ouster of President Nicholas Maduro were impressive. They stretched as long as the eyes could see. Also impressive were the crowds insisting Maduro serves...

OPINION: THE SCARY WONDERS AND BITTER LESSONS OF SEPTEMBER 11

It is fifteen calendar years today that the twin towers were brought down in New York , the USA by radicalized Islamists under the cloak of Islam following  a mid-air hijack of  two US-bound commercial jetliners that wreaked a...