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OPINION: Lessons from the Liz Truss event
This is the time for issue-based politics and not trash. Nigerians, like the Brits, are prepared…
Another season of Nigeria’s flood of sorrow
Critical infrastructure like hospitals, roads, bridges and schools, including the state-owned Niger Delta University, Amassoma, the…
OPINION – Tinubu: From an empty well to a green garden
Seeing how the economy of Lagos blossomed during and after his tenure as Governor of the…
OPINION – Enough of selfish, myopic leadership – Obi
Nigerians have suffered; they have lost jobs, and lost their farms and herds and their trust…
Buhari in dilemma over Nnamdi Kanu
In addition to judicial pressure, political pressure is mounting. All those who have been pleading for…
OPINION: Flood, passivity, and a ruined future
The impact of the flooding in Nigeria is exacerbated by a lack of respect for science…
OPINION – When silence is not golden
They have also realized to their utmost chagrin that even out of office, I have remained…
OPINION – How to make this the last ASUU strike
We shouldn’t let public universities die because the government that is constitutionally mandated to fund them…
OPINION – Death of workplace religion: The Polaris Bank mis-example
The danger in this kind of forced indulgence is that employers may now be wary…
OPINION – Why the presidential candidates must be addressing Nigerians
Being the standard-bearer of a political party, is a big deal. It is not a contest…
Opinion: Lagos captured by fraudulent, mercantilist political class
By Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour It was not by accident that the tagline selected to capture the essence…
Nigeria Decides 2023: Campaign promises and the issue of trust
This is the time to ask candidates for the finer details of vague campaign promises and…
OPINION – The debt I owe Chief Ojo Maduekwe
When I met Ojo, he embraced me with much love. We had mutual love for theories,…
OPINION – Yemi Osinbajo, Bola Tinubu and Queen Elizabeth’s funeral
It was a truly grand occassion the likes of which, in terms of achievement, celebration, solemnity,…
OPINION: Exodus of the next generation; time to be concerned
The recent wave of Nigerians relocating out of the country represents the largest movement of people…
OPINION – Independence, whose independence?
The other allegory as told by Epo Akara in another song was the consort of four…
OPINION – Why is Bola Tinubu Hiding in London?
Tinubu and his minders need to come clean about the state of his health. If they…
OPINION – For Nigerians, as fireworks of 2023 commence
2023 presents opportunity for Nigerians to make a radical departure from their present stagnant state, keep…
OPINION – Don’t gamble with the future of Nigeria
More often than not, the lack of good governance and ethical leadership is seen to manifest…
Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi’s speech to mark Nigeria’s 62nd Independence Day
Nigeria’s morning has come. This is the time for Nigerians to rescue their country from the…
OPINION – I’m glad my dad died
I am glad he is not around to see that our leaders remain unashamed, we are…
OPINION – A Different Economics for 2023
None of the candidates has an innovative and accomplished plan that can redirect the economy in…
OPINION – As the campaigns begin…
Given that our lives are practically online, and battles are sometimes fought and won in cyberspace,…
OPINION – Lies and truth about Obi, Atiku, and Tinubu
In this column, I highlight a few of the unrelenting lies about Labour Party’s Peter Obi,…
OPINION – PDP and allegory of the sick lion, wise fox
When Wike claimed that Atiku’s arrogance adrenaline is daily pumped up because some characters in Aso…
OPINION: The burgeoning kidnapping industry
Kidnapping for ransom has become attractive because 95% of those involved go scot-free and enjoy the…
OPINION – The burden on parents, guardians sponsoring their wards through Nigerian universities
Many students have been known to spend additional years post-graduation and are not able to proceed…
What Nigerians expect from the presidential candidates
When the national fabric rends, the president will administer needle and thread, or at least reach…