Opinion

OPINION: AFTER BREXIT: WHO’LL SPONSOR ME TO EUROPE?

My friend Imuetinyan (not real name) lives in Milan, Italy. At other times, you’ll likely find him in Iceland hot at the heels of a master’s degree. But he has told me that he is more at home in...

OPINION: RELIGION, WOLE SOYINKA AND SCHOOL UNIFORMS

Humans call God for different reasons. Some are purely altruistic while others are selfish. This explains why people like me tend to wonder whether my God is the same one others call. To some people, they see God essentially...

OPINION: CORRUPTION IN HIGH PLACES

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I represent a group of Abuja based non-partisan private sector professionals, that have sacrificed our time, energy and resources to campaign vigorously for the APC and its candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari based on our convictions and believe that Nigeria...

OPINION: LESSONS IN POWER FROM BRITISH PM CAMERON TO NIGERIA’S SENATE PRESIDENT SARAKI

No one has to wonder about the enormous political and economic consequences of Britain's leaving the European Union. After a contentious referendum campaign, Britons voted by 51.9 per cent to sever the country's 43-year membership of EU. The outcome of...

OPINION: THIS WEIRD AND LAUGHABLE DISTRACTION

Distraction is the ultimate aim of Nigeria's attackers of President Muhammadu Buhari's government and military commanders who have achieved the first phase in dismantling Boko Haram to restore peace within one year while preparing to confront the other emerging...

OPINION: NIGERIA BEFORE THE DAZZLING LURE OF A BERMUDA TRIANGLE

The present political trepidation is a happening that could be predicted by any arm chair analyst. It is however not certain where the dramatis personae will lead themselves and the nation. Interestingly, the sides of the political divides taking...

OPINION: YOUR EXCELLENCY, PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR EAR!

As I speak to you on issues relating to democracy and political stability in our country. I give praise to the Almighty God who has kept you alive and has always been your health in times of illness and...

OPINION: BEFORE PEOPLE GROW MORE DESPERATE

The Dream Is Becoming A Nightmare And Life As We Know It Is Changing...Fast. All over Nigeria today particularly in the northern parts, poverty, hunger and anger are setting in as the economy continues to crumble. In some of the areas...

OPINION: WHICH NIGERIA IS CHANGING?

So, being the religious country that we are, I sat in the sitting, and asked my wife...Was Fela born again, what inspired his music, (I mean his lyrics)...is he in heaven...can we safely call him a prophet...I mean Simply...

OPINION: FREEZING OF FAYOSE’S ACCOUNT, HALLIBURTON SCANDAL AND THE EMERGING STORIES OF TWO AISHA BUHARI

The governor of Ekiti State His Excellency, Ayodele Fayose is a potpourri of personality who means different things to different people. His disdain for APC and opposition to President Buhari's candidature was already in the public domain. After the...