Tag: Opinion

LIONEL Messi, diagnosed at 11 with a growth hormone disorder, GHD, which stunted his growth, fought against all odds to become one of the best footballers who has ever set foot on the earth. His quick dribbles, uncanny ability to sell dummies, building himself into a goal-scoring machine and playing sweet, seemingly effortless football, is the stuff of good diplomacy.… Read More

We all detest dictatorship when we are the victims of its reverberations, but when we wear the jackboots and are handing down orders, censures; singling shots, cutting down, attacking and destroying other people we palliate our actions. In most cases, we subsume our venture in tyranny as ‘’activism’’ – a term that has now become nebulous and an umbrella for… Read More

The recent appointment of Mrs Yemisi Edun as the Managing Director by the Board of Directors of First City Monument Bank (FCMB) Limited represents a significant milestone in bringing about a gender diverse workforce at the senior management and board levels in Nigerian banks. The appointment also reinforces a recent trend in the banking sector that has seen women emerging… Read More

This is not a good time to talk about medical doctors, especially when those in the public sector are on strike to press for better conditions of service. But I didn’t choose this encounter; the encounter chose me.  And, in any case, my own experience was not at a public hospital. I have heard of all sorts of patient-doctor stories… Read More

The Nigeria Law School on July 29, 2021 called a number of new lawyers to the bar. This is nothing unusual; but what was unique was the call of Rasheedat Adeshina.  Before returning to school to read law, she was already a sort of a veteran of the courts. In 1999, she had dragged to court an overbearing Vice Chancellor,… Read More

Retired General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) broke his silence last weekend on the rising Arise TV network. Ms Ngozi Alaegbu travelled to Minna, Niger State, to interview IBB inside his mind-boggling edifice. Living reclusively in obscene opulence in the city near Abuja since beating a forced hasty retreat from the national political scene post-June 12 Babangida must have considered it… Read More

General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), Nigeria’s military Head of State, 1985–1993 is arguably the most controversial person to have ever led Nigeria since independence. He turns 80 next week, August 17. Ahead of that birthday, he granted an interview to Arise TV, aired Friday, August 6, which has understandably generated considerable interest.  It has been a while since Nigerians heard… Read More

it’s somewhat old hat at this point to point out that Ibrahim Babangida, the destroyer of our nation, is an homicidal tyrant who initiated the three greatest crimes in the history of Nigeria. Rehashing all of his crimes would require a much longer article. Here are the three major specific cases of almost unimaginable cruelty inflicted by Babangida during his… Read More

The Federal Bureau of  Investigation (FBI) on July 28 published  a 69-page court document revealing  that Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba  Kyari had been under intense investigation as an accomplice of Ramon Olorunwa Abbas also known as Hushuppi  who had already pleaded guilty to fraud related charges. The alleged offences contained in the document were that Abba Kyari is… Read More

Over the years, Mburubu community in Nkanu East LGA of Enugu State has suffered negligence and abandonment.  The community remains one of the food baskets of the state. Its ranked one of  the largest producers of palm oil produce, garri, cassava, yam and timber; a largely agrarian community, yet with many of its sons and daughters thriving in different spheres… Read More