Opinions

The seven-day ultimatum issued by the Minister of Labor and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, threatening to sack medical doctors who have been on an indefinite strike deserves a careful attention to substance and symbolism. Irrespective of the intention of the Minister’s ultimatum which expired yesterday, Monday August 16, 2021, Ngige’s warning is devoid of the […]

The phenomenon of self-seeking morons angling for power for certain persons, ethnic groups or even regions is one scourge against, which Nigeria needs constant fumigation and the Nigerian people, repeated immunization. Nigeria neither needs nor deserves this tribe of opportunists, hence the IBB interview, and most notably his opposition to power rotation should be seen […]

Turning eighty is more than coming of age, and for General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), who turns 80 next Tuesday, August 17, his enrolment in the class of octogenarians would deservedly, be celebrated by friends and family for the blessings of longevity; but for a nation still reeling from the streak of his authoritarian madness, […]

The United States has requested for pre-trial detention of suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, claiming Kyari was a big flight risk; according to papers filed at the district court of California. The court papers filed April 29, 2021 were signed by Acting US Attorney, Tracy Wilkinson and two other officials. It read: “Plaintiff, […]

He was a no-nonsense cop famous for apprehending notorious criminals – Boko Haram terrorists, armed robbers, kidnappers, bank robbers, serial rapists and ritual killers. Years of high-profile arrests won him acclaim and the enduring nickname: “super cop.” The former head of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) was credited with tracking down masterminds behind suicide […]

At least one person was killed and scores wounded, while a state’s secretariat was torched on Saturday as the Ward Congresses of the ruling Al Progressives Congress turned violent in parts of the country.   In Ekiti State, one person, identified as Jide, was killed at the Ado Ward 10, with many other sustaining injuries […]

The tantalizing report that Nigeria, the self-acclaimed giant of Africa has vaccinated only one percent of its 200 million population is certainly no complimentary news. To the extent President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and other political elite in the national assembly and state governments were the first recipients of the first 100,000 doses […]

It is a telling sign of ineptitude and cluelessness that the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele; the man invested with exclusive monetary responsibility, would by his actions and inactions, plunge the country into a recession, and then blame others for his pig-headed failures. Citing various regulatory infractions and other unwholesome […]

Even for a country with the dubious distinction of being the poverty capital of the world, the latest report by the World Bank paints a grim picture of life-and-death challenges as a plethora of headwinds have hit the nation’s economy, with ominous signs about rising unemployment and diminished growth prospects; as the Washington-based institution warns […]

As Muslims celebrate the Eid-el-Kabir, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan or the end of 30 days of mandatory fasting, Nigerians can only hope that the feast of the ram as it is popularly known, will provide yet another opportunity for the faithful to embrace the fear of Allah as the beginning […]

In a manner that was sufficiently self-indicting and far from being evocative of any painstaking commitment to the rigors of lawmaking, the Senate Thursday rejected Clause 52(3) of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill which provided for electronic transfer of election results. The clause which led to the division of the chamber saw 52 Senators voting […]

Certainly, the signs do not portend positive signals for future elections as Nigeria’s renascent democracy now faces existential threats besides the electoral malpractices and sundry abuses including ballot box snatching and violence that has transforming the simple exercise of voting to a “do-or-die” affair. The scandalous and shameful electoral backslide got the most devastating advertisement […]