Opinion

The brickbat between government and the opposition is taken a ridiculous dimension. False accusations are employed for personality attacks; falsehood are presented as facts, all in desperate bid to run down the current administration.   That is the context of the...

Our neighbours to the West, the Republic of Benin, have just concluded a Presidential election, which has been considered free, fair and peaceful, from the first round, to the run-off which produced businessman Patrice Talon as winner and next...

Lack of Resources Affecting Interventions Despite some success by Africa in achieving much of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), improved maternal heath has proved the hardest to deliver. The fifth development goal sought to reduce the maternal mortality ratio by three-quarters...

New Cases Drop, But Numbers Still High   Africa made good progress in meeting Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 6, which called for halting and reversing  the spread of HIV/AIDS by 2015, achieving universal access to treatment for the virus and stopping...

General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, must be a rare genius in a class of his own. A man who tenaciously pursued his ambition of ruling Nigeria till he eventually became president after failing...

Architects at the drawing board of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) identified gender equality and women’s empowerment as key to achieving all the other goals. Six out of the eight MDGs mentioned women and girls as priority targets. The third...

  Last week, I read Reuben Abati’s opinion published in The Will Internet Newspaper. In his write-up, he chronicled how the Nigerian people are “special people”, how resilient and unshockable people they have turned to be in the face of...

I have thought over an issue in the last few weeks. Who are the best ambassadors of a country? The professional diplomats in well-tailored clothes, exhibiting a cultured presence aided by good diction? Or the citizens who fan out...

In one of my ruminating escapades I stumbled upon this thought: 'Is NYSC really in the interest of Youth Corp Members?' Many people have put forth their voices regarding the National Youth Service Corp scheme that was put in...

It is human nature to choose the least option of resistance when faced with tough decisions. That perhaps explains why government's reaction to the current foreign exchange, fx, squeeze, arising from recent drastic drop in international oil price - from...