Opinion

OPINION: SOUTH AFRICA: 40 YEARS AFTER SOWETO UPRISING

It has been forty years since protesting students were murdered in their youth by armed apartheid policemen in Soweto, a popular township near Johannesburg, South Africa during the apartheid era; an era of one of the world’s most oppressive...

OPINION: MOVING BEYOND THE QUARTET

The report that was recently released by the Middle East Quartet – comprised of the United States, Russia, the European Union, and the United Nations – is a welcome step. The report reiterates the importance of reaching a peace...

OPINION: HOW WE DESTROYED “FIRST IN AFRICA” PRIDE OF THE WORLD

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What happened to the Back to Africa movements in Diaspora? Are you kidding, not even those Africans that were born there go back home anymore. There is this famous actress that claimed she has been to Africa, seen Africans...

OPINION: BUHARI’S NEW NNPC BOARD AND THE LOOMING DOOM

The recent reconstitution of the Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, by President Muhammadu Buhari is another gross abuse of the powers of the president and flagrant disregard for our laws, the same laws which Buhari swore...

OPINION: PASTOR OSAGIE IZE-IYAMU: FROM ASPIRANT TO CANDIDATE

It is crystal clear that the Monday, June 20, 2016 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primary, held in Benin City to choose a candidate for the September 10, 2016 governorship election in Edo State, did not falter in its choice...

OPINION: “GUIDELINES FOR EFFECTIVE PROPAGANDA” TO MARKET BIAFRA

My mission in writing this article is to call to the attention of all Biafranists (those who are campaigning for the freedom of Biafra from Nigeria) to the need to package and sell the Biafran message to the world...

OPINION: SLOW PROGRESS IN BURUNDI PEACE TALKS

Scores of Burundian refugees continue to pour into the neighbouring states of Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, even as diplomatic efforts by the African Union and others increase pressure for an end to...

OPINION: NIGERIA AND SAI CHANGI: A ‘FANTASTICALLY’ DIVIDED COUNTRY

Maybe , I should peel the yam for you before emptying my plate. I know many will wish to know and I will gladly oblige them. I am an Ibo Catholic; a practicing catholic as we often say in...

OPINION: THE TIME HAS COME TO OPEN UP OUR RAILWAY SECTOR TO PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION

Senator Gbenga B. Ashafa representing Lagos East Senatorial District at the 8th Senate, is the Chairman Senate Committee on Land Transport. Through this feature, he renders his opinion on how to transform the Nigerian Railway Sector and a report...

OPINION: EXPLORING YOUR MYSTICAL THIRD EYE

Your third eye is an ethereal eye in the middle of our heads which enables us to see things beyond the scope and comprehension of the ordinary person. Opening it is akin to a mystical Yoruba practice called ‘weju’...