Opinion

OPINION: THE MARK ZUCKERBERG VISIT

Mark Zuckerberg’s Two-Day Visit To Nigeria Has Done A Lot For The Country; It Is A Pity No Government Official Or Agency Has Tried To Tap Into The Gains Of That Visit. He Arrived At A Time There Was...

OPINION: NIGERIA’S CURE REMAINS DIVERSIFICATION

A sense of anxiety has gripped the Nigerian economy with concerns elevated over slowing growth as the combination of depressed oil prices and Naira vulnerability weighed heavily on investor sentiment. This has been a rough year for not only...

OPINION: THE REAL MEANING OF CHANGE APC PROMISED NIGERIANS

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The word CHANGE means so many things to so many people. According to Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, change means to make or become different. It means to make somebody or something different, to pass from one state to another....

OPINION: NIGERIA STONE AGE MENTALITY ON EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

The human family is located in a changing and unpredictable environment. Unplanned situations makes human social existence a dock and dive situation from man-made or natural disasters, which has become a defining characteristic for the precarious nature of the...

OPINION: ON FOOD SECURITY AND SAFETY OF IDPS

As the Nigeria military continues ongoing mopping up operations against remnants of the Boko Haram in the North eastern part of the country, the safety of the over two million displaced persons, and their nutrition remains uppermost in the...

OPINION: DON’T LOOK UP TO DIASPORA FOR SAVIORS

If Africans at home cannot save themselves, nobody will. We are always looking up to Heaven for manna and saviors instead of looking within us for help. Well, we are now shifting that task to African children in Diaspora....

OPINION: BUHARI’S QUEST FOR EMERGENCY ECONOMIC POWERS

Since Reuters broke the news on August 22 2016 that the government would be seeking for emergency powers to enable it fix the economy, Nigerians have been debating the pros and cons of that yet- to- be confirmed Bill....

OPINION: ZUCKERBERGS VISIT SETS FORTH THE VALUES FOR A NEW NIGERIA

FACEBOOK Founder, Mark Zuckerberg is in Lagos, Nigeria unannounced.  He is here to 'learn' and to inspire. He is 32 years old and ranks as the fifth richest man in the world and he is worth 53.7 billion dollars....

OPINION: LASSA FEVER

I read a story in a book that when Lily Pinneo, a missionary nurse, was in West Africa, she contracted a deadly disease called Lassa fever. After Lily was flown to New York for medical treatment, her temperature soared...

OPINION: RE: “EMERGENCY ECONOMIC STABILISATION BILL 2016’’

It’s heart-warming to note efforts by the present administration led by President Muhammadu Buhari to invigorate the economy for the overall interest of Nigerians. One of such proposals is the ‘Emergency Economic Stabilisation Bill 2016’ seeking emergency powers from...