Opinion

OPINION: APOLOGIES TO GEJ

Alas, President Buhari’s first 100 days as president of modern day Nigeria came too soon. It is now history; a figment of yesterday’s paper. It is hard to say if it came with a mournful air or a copious...

OPINION: SEN. AJIMOBI: LEADERSHIP, IDEAS AND LASTING LEGACY

The burden of leadership is one that must be borne with all sense of responsibility and commitment at all times. This is especially true in a country like ours that suffers from deep misgivings and truer at a time...

OPINION: OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI: HOW TO AGGRESSIVELY DIVERSIFY THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY

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For our dear nation Nigeria, it has never been about how rich we are in natural resources. It has always been about lack of prudent management of resources. HOW TO MANAGE OUR VAST NATURAL AND HUMAN RESOURCES The resources squandered so...

OPINION: IS AUTUMN FINALLY HERE FOR ROBERT MUGABE?

Robert Mugabe, the 91-year old president of Zimbabwe – that beautiful but horribly impoverished country tucked away in the Southern part of Africa – has always managed to emerge colourful in his endless battle of wits with the West....

OPINION: REJOINDER: BUHARI, TINUBU, BEWARE OF HATCHET MEN

The piece “Buhari beware of Tinubu” in the 2nd September Sun newspaper comes from the depleting arsenal of the forlorn amalgamation known as the PDP. At least we can say that the Sun newspaper has remained faithful. It was...

OPINION: FIRST HUNDRED DAYS OF CHANGE

“Let me assure you that if I am elected President… we will always act on time and not allow problems to irresponsibly fester.” This statement made by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Chattam House before the election, has been...

OPINION: AFRICA NEEDS TO INVEST MORE IN OLDER PEOPLE

A few weeks ago the whole of the East Africa region was shocked after watching a clip on Kenya national TV station of a people, mostly young men hitting older people mostly older women. What was more shocking was...

OPINION: TAMBUWAL, GBAJABIAMILA AND THE TREACHEROUS BALL

“He is a stabilizer and a mobilizer and a very humble and true democrat who tackles issues dispassionately. Not only did Femi conceive the Speakership project, he nurtured it and worked tirelessly and assiduously towards its reality. " -...

OPINION: ICC ; SUDANESE PRESIDENT AND GLOBAL JURISDICTION

Judges, according to information in the media today at the International Criminal Court (ICC), The Hague, have asked South African authorities to explain why they failed to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir in June when he attended a conference. Correspondingly,...

OPINION: OSINBAJO AND THE SOCIAL SAFETY NET

Nigeria's vice presidendent Yemi Osinbajo had  in June reiterated the government s commitment to the promises made while seeking the mandate of Nigerians especially with regards to the welfare of Nigerians and more especially the  poor. He postulated a...