Opinions

  The resurrection of Jesus Christ which was celebrated last Sunday is the miraculous event from which Christianity draws its essence. For Christians the world over, Easter Sunday is the manifestation of the power of life over death, the triumph of good over evil, the victory of light over darkness, and the conquest of love […]

As Christians in Nigeria joined their counterparts the world over to commemorate the death of Jesus Christ on the Cross of Calvary, on a day that has come to be known ironically as Good Friday, on account of the salvation won for mankind by this otherwise tragic event, the central message should not be lost […]

As Nigeria battles to reduce the incidence of medical tourism, the decision by President Muhammadu to seek medical attention abroad, is lamentable and most embarrassing to the President and the country. Buhari left Abuja on Tuesday for London, UK for a routine medical check-up. According to a statement by the President’s special adviser on media […]

  The recent alarm raised by the World Health Organization (WHO) that Nigeria may not be able to reach its set target of diagnosing and treating over 1.1 million tuberculosis (TB) cases by next year is indeed worrisome. As the global health watchdog, such an alarm by the WHO should not be ignored, especially, against […]

Now it is official: the insecurity in Nigeria, sadly, is only escalating under the watch of President Muhammadu Buhari, with no end in sight. The violence that has practically reduced Nigeria into a killing field and a kidnappers den; rapidly cruising through the nation with states now under siege, means nobody is safe anywhere in […]

That the incongruity called Nigeria is not working as presently constituted is a point of general consensus. Against this context, the protracted silence of President Muhammadu Buhari in the face of hydra-headed criminality and insecurity that has virtually taken over the country; is an implicit insulting and provocative act that betrays Mr. President as incapacitated […]

As Nigeria passes through these troubled times, it is important to admit all inadequacies if the times would ever pass and not become permanent. Apart from other dysfunctions within the polity, the threat posed to the country and its citizens by insecurity and the campaign of terror by a resurgent Boko Haram, has no doubt […]

Given the parlous condition of the nation, manifested in mass poverty, generalized insecurity, high corruption in government, gross official recklessness and near zero governance, it is no surprise that the Vice-president, Yemi Osinbajo, has found it necessary to join his voice to the clarion calls to save Nigeria before it is too late. As the […]

Nigerian women yesterday join their counterparts the world over to commemorate the yearly International Women’s Day (IWD), the significance of which is never lost on the toiling women, their families, human rights movements and activists. Expectedly, it was a day of reflections on the plight of women as they struggle against discrimination, abuse, economic insecurity […]

Prominent economist and former Nigerian finance minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, became the first woman and first African to lead the World Trade Organization (WTO), after members of the global trade body appointed her as director general. Her appointment removed a key obstacle to the functioning of the WTO, which has been leaderless at a time […]

The strongly-worded statement by the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), last Saturday urging Nigerians to rise up and protect themselves because the federal government was no longer able to protect her citizens against kidnappers and marauding criminals in different parts of the country, is one alarmist correspondence that will do nothing to ameliorate the worsening security […]

Having advertised its gross incapacitation, having demonstrated in word and deed its cluelessness over the whereabouts of the abducted students and their family members, the government at least, found a wholesome diet in the humble pie by dispatching a delegation and deploying more police officers to Niger State. Beyond this, however, President Muhammadu Buhari has […]