Category: OP-ED

The agenda of the 35th Ordinary Session of the African Union, AU Assembly  of Heads of State and Government  in Addis Ababa was long. It included a new epidemic of coups, a resurgent Covid-19 pandemic, climate change, food insecurity and the    plethora of wars ravaging the continent. But as usual, fifth columnists, sycophants and agents of imperialism were so hard at work that they… Read More

A country is a political Union of Ethnic Nations. When a country is forced into being by some “strong man”, it tends to later unravel. However, when Ethnic Nations choose to be in Union, that tends to make a viable and satisfactory country. In the case of Nigeria, who should decide which Ethnic Nations are to be in Union together… Read More

Ottawa, the capital city of Canada, has been the hotbed of the far-rightwing-inspired Canadian truckers’ protests tagged #FreedomConvoy2022 since late January. The #FreedomConvoy2022 started as a protest against mandatory vaccinations for truckers to cross the border into the United States and has grown into broader dissent against the Justin Trudeau-led Government thereby portraying the actions as some sort of anti-vaccination… Read More

First, the hard facts and undisputable sequence regarding this important issue of national security interest and presidential information keeping of viatl records in order to serve the public interest and further understand the historical contexts of contemporary American presidencies. The United States of America and many other intelligent and properly focused countries keep and learn from the presidential records of those… Read More

The campaign to form the next government has started. Unlike other campaigns, politicians will not get away by promising a mirage. People will scrutinise every promise made. Voters have begun probing candidates across different platforms, and it is becoming a norm. The media-shy candidates would see themselves disadvantaged as we come to the sharpened end of the knife. For the… Read More

In recent times, Nigerians have had to endure and confront a series of obscene displays of nudes and the sharing of sex tapes on the internet. While the morality and integrity of victims and those sharing such tapes may be subjected to public debate, it is essential that those involved in the act put the members of the public in… Read More

Elections are the central institution of democratic governments. This is so because the authority of the government is derived solely from the consent of the people. The practical way of legitimising that consent into governmental authority is the holding of free and fair elections. All democracies hold elections. But not all elections are democratic. Most elections held in Nigeria are… Read More

Nigeria is asset rich but poor in leadership; a land full of mineral resources, unimaginable wealth and human capital. Our beloved country is so blessed, yet crawling into avoidable crisis.  Sadly, the whole world is watching us as the ‘sleeping giant’ becomes the poverty capital of world. The unhealthy state of our beloved country, Nigeria was eloquently captured in a… Read More

The news headlines are as confusing as the policy itself: “Use of Hijab/Beret in Schools: Kwara Govt Insists its Optional”; “We Will Not Allow Hijab in Mission Schools, Kwara CAN Insists”; “Kwara Re-affirms Use of Hijab in Public Schools”; “Kwara Govt Shuts Baptist School Over Hijab Crisis”; “We Never Agreed on Usage of Hijab in Our Schools, says Kwara CAN”;… Read More

Fellow Nigerians,This is a special day in the chequered history of our dear nation. I come before you humbly as a servant and not the ‘kabiyesi’. I come before you fully aware of the enormous responsibility I bear as the National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). I come before you with a patriotic heart bearing neither malice… Read More