Opinion

OPINION: FALLING OIL PRICES: THE RAINING DAY IS HERE!

From Qatar to Kuwait all the way to Venezuela, and even in Nigeria, one sound rings clear on the balance sheets of these countries: revenue from oil is declining. The drastic fall of oil prices is making many of...

OPINION: WHY US GOVT REFUSED TO ASSIST NIGERIA WITH TECH TO FIGHT BOKO HARAM

Nigeria’s Ambassador to the United States, Prof Ade Adefuye suggested recently that the United States willingly refused to assist Nigeria with technology to fight Boko Haram. Adefuye told members of the Council on Foreign Relations on Monday that "The...

OPINION: COCA COLA: PROSECUTION IN PUBLIC INTEREST

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Nigeria for a very long time is notorious as a nation whose populace are possessed seemingly by the ghost of consumerism. There is this despicable lifestyle or weltanschuung amongst the ruling elites and indeed amongst the newly rich...

OPINION: SEVEN PAINFUL REASONS WHY BUHARI COULD LOSE IF HE RUNS FOR THE NIGERIAN PRESIDENCY

It appears socially, emotionally, and evenly religiously satisfying to be corrupt in Nigeria, and understandably realistic to be in fear in the country, as evidenced by the longstanding circumstances facing our people. For many Nigerians born, raised, educated and working...

OPINION: WHAT ETHICAL RIGHT DOES TAMBUWAL HAVE TO REMAIN AS SPEAKER?

According to legal dictionary, ethics is the branch of philosophy that defines what is good for individual and society as well as establish the nature of obligations or duties that people owe themselves and one another. In modern society,...

OPINION: FACT CHECK: HOW MANY JOBS HAS JONATHAN CREATED?

If the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) is to be believed, the President Goodluck Jonathan-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has not created a single job for any Nigerian in its 15 years in power. As implausible as this sounds,...

OPINION: THE GREAT DELUSION

I read Mr. Don C. Adinuba's article titled 'Toying With The Fire Of Religion' in Thisday Newspaper on 5th November 2014. He raised some interesting points, some of which I will attempt to address here. There is a grave affliction...

OPINION: TRANSFORMATION TO IMPUNITY?

"If the point of life is the same as the point of a story, the point of life is character transformation. If I got any comfort as I set out on my first story, it was that in nearly...

OPINION: SHARING THE ECONOMY: BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN INCOME INEQUALITY IN AFRICA

Globally: One of the major economic happenings bedevilling the global community in the twenty century is the rising inequality gap between the poor and the rich. Income inequality has increased in both advanced and developing economies in recent decades. Increasing inequality...

OPINION: BIOFORTIFICATION OFFERS HOPE FOR AFRICA’S MALNOURISHED RAISING THE NUTRITIONAL VALUE OF CROPS

Many people who live in Lira district in northern Uganda consider Perpetua Okao a farmer and a life saver—and it is easy to know why. Her neighbour's son was malnourished and often sickly. But after feeding him a diet...