Tag: Opinion

“Great achievements are usually borne out of great sacrifice, and never the result of SELFISHNESS.”  “Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune or temporary defeat.”  “Every adversity, every failure, every heartbreak, carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.”—Napoleon Hill. The mind is the engine room and battle field of life, it is where battles… Read More

When I first read Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy Of The Oppressed as an undergraduate at Temple, I never imagined that Nigeria will become a laboratory of oppression. Some fled Nigeria many years ago. Others who stayed behind nervously weighed their options until mounting danger finally forced them to leave their homes behind. Yorubas are living in a country where hunger, killing,… Read More

Last week, Nigeria’s National Security Adviser, Mohammed Babagana Monguno, stripped the government bare in public only to try hiding the ugly sight with fig leaves shortly after. The pathetic damage control didn’t work. Monguno, a retired major general, told the BBC Hausa service in an interview that billions of naira voted by Buhari’s government to fight insurgency could not be… Read More

Again, Nigeria’s 72-year-old University of Ibadan was ranked among the top universities in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Ranking 2021. This time around, the premier university advanced from its previous position of one of the top 600 to the 401-500 range. What this means is that UI is in the same league with  institutions like Aston University, Bournemouth  University,… Read More

As we approach 2023, two questions that remain contentious among young Nigerians is whether or not to enlist in either of the two dominant political parties – the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC). Or to create a new political party that is free from the overbearing influence of both. A question that, existential at its… Read More

“There can be no liberty for a community which lacks the information by which to detect lies”—Walter Lippmann In plain English, “news” is a truthful account of recent events or places that must be of interest to the public. By further simplification, the reporter of these events is “blind” to religious consideration, ethnicity and regionalism. Inversely, “fake news” involves dangerous… Read More

The President of Kwara Baptist Conference, Reverend Victor Dada, has alleged that Muslim fundamentalists promised to burn down First Baptist Church Surulere, Ilorin, Kwara State where Christians gathered for a peaceful demonstration on Wednesday. SaharaReporters had reported how a clash broke out between Christians and Muslims over a controversy bordering on the use of hijab by Muslim students in schools… Read More

A keen curiosity has been seen in social media regarding what happens next, now that the generous ninety-day period given to Unitary Government (aka Central Government) to action the Five Demands of the Constitutional Force Majeure has elapsed without having been responded to. What happens next is sequential, so quite logical once a few facts and bits of knowledge are… Read More

In the tome of liberation struggles, a few names resonate infinitely. One name that rings trenchant to this day is Ernesto ‘’Che’’ Guevara. ‘’Che’’ envisioned a world as recreated in the dialectics of Karl Marx – where those in the lowest rung of the social strata can command their destiny. Che fantasised about an ‘’international revolution’’ which would sweep across… Read More

So, recently I learnt that a dear friend and sister of mine, human rights activist, Barrister Sai’da Saad Bugaje is currently being ruthlessly and brutally harassed and persecuted by the authorities over her critique of the gormless governor of the State she hails from. It has gotten so intense that friends and family are now scared for her safety and… Read More