Category: Opinions

Nigeria, like most other countries, is battling the rampaging novel Corona virus and its attendant difficulties from staying at home. Economic activities are put on hold and the petrodollar revenue is becoming abysmal. For the first time in history, a barrel of crude oil sold at zero dollar threatening the continued existence of our mono-economy.  The stark reality emerging from… Read More

The corona virus pandemic have no doubt changed the way we lived and has affected all and sundry in no small measures. In order to curb its spread, governments all over the world have introduced measures to contain the spread of the dreaded corona virus. Rivers State is no exception to this. In fact, for the past three weeks, the… Read More

The advent of Coronavirus in the global space since last year has in many ways affected both health and economic sectors, leading to uncertainties of when and how it would be contained. So far in Nigeria, the very obvious impact has been huge, especially about government finances, capital flow reversals and loss of income to businesses and households among others.… Read More

At a time when virus comes with its own horror, you don’t pull another trigger of cruelty to beatify it. When, a problem is solved, is as important as why and how it is solved. A virus that reduces rulers and leaders to imbeciles and paralyses all immediate solution is not a virus you throw children at its jaws. Almajiri System is not a new phenomenon.… Read More

If the gods want to punish a people, they either invoke plagues on the land or deploy agents of slaughter as leaders. The gods are not happy with Rivers State, obviously, hence the affliction by Nyesom Wike. The state had a chance of averting this ruination in 2019 but it did not take it. The recent brutish actions of Wike… Read More

“Atupa ki i ri idi ara e” (A lamp cannot give light to its own base). Same way it is said that “Obe ki i gbe eku idi e” (a knife cannot carve its own handle). It is therefore natural that the lamp that seeks to light the path of others must allow other lamps to light its base and… Read More

“Any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.” ~ John Donne, Meditation XVII “We all want to become more than we are, we want to live forever, that is why we hate death and create the afterlife.” – Bangambiki Habyarimans, Pearls of… Read More

INTRODUCTION  Generally, human rights are deemed almost sacrosanct in most part of the world where democratic tenets are upheld, and this is why they have universal appeal. However, there are certain instances where these rights have been restricted or suspended in Nigeria. These instances range from war, state of emergencies, coup, outbreak of pandemics, etc. The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,… Read More

Like many other societies in the world, Africa boasts of a past that is ambivalent, a mixture of the good, the bad and the ugly. She had villains, despots, tyrants, developmental leaders and all sorts as rulers. As she had a ruthless hero in leader of the Zulu Kingdom, Shaka kaSenzangakhona, better known as Shaka the Zulu, who reigned from 1816 to 1828, so… Read More

By geo-political and global categorization, Nigeria is a third world country. The country boasts of a huge population, incredible ethnic diversity, rich cultural provincialism, unique human talent aggregation and a huge destination of natural resources. However, despite the aforementioned, Nigeria is a third world country and the poverty capital of the world. It is a disturbing irony to be in… Read More