Opinion

Photo credit: Premium Times We need to thank God for little mercies. Many people had been alarmed that Children’s Day and Democracy Day would have been an avenue for Nigeria’s chief executives and their first ladies to waste whooping sums of money on needless celebrations. But, thanks to COVID 19, the monies have been saved…

Photo credit; Nairaland A friend sent a video clip to me which I in turn shared on Facebook and WhatsApp. You know what? I don’t believe it happened in real life. But I tend to believe it’s a mockery of the security situation in Nigeria. I believe Nigerians are an endangered species. Or should I…

Photo credit: Premium Times The first eight verses of Genesis 11 tell the story of the Tower of Babel. It is about the Babylonians who wanted to build a tower to reach heaven. Their primary reason was to avoidbeing scattered across the face of the earth. However, God felt that if they had succeeded in…

Photo credit: PM News Today is another June 12. Out of the June 12s I’ve managed to witness on mother earth, that of 1993 remains the most unique. That was when a great crime was committed in my fatherland. ‘Before our very eyes’, – borrowing the title of a book- the presidential election which Chief…

Photo credit: Daily Trust It’s no longer a secret that the president of Nigeria, Mr Muhammad Buhari apologised to Nigerians and particularly the family of late Chief MKO Abiola for stealing the presidency, for detaining people unjustly and for murdering people. When I heard the news, my mind flashed back to over forty years ago….

Photo credit: the Punch Nigerians love holidays. If there’s something, at least out of nothing the Nigerian government succeeds in, it’s massaging the bruised ego of Nigerians by supplying them with enough holidays to last till eternity. Or how else can we describe having June 12 as a democracy day in a country(?) with so…

Photo credit: Vanguard There must definitely be two Obasekis in the APC gubernatorial race of Edo State in Nigeria. If not, I don’t see why the governor of the state could be disqualified due to educational qualifications. I say this with every sense of responsibility. Was it not with the same qualifications he rode into…