Opinion

The Ogun State government in Nigeria has declared that anyone not wearing a facemask will be arrested and quarantined for two weeks. According to Dr Ben Cowling, a professor of infectious disease epidemiology at the University of Hong Kong, ‘In general, there’s not a large benefit of wearing surgical face masks either for people who…

Could it be true that Mr. Goodluck Jonathan is a possible candidate for the 2023 presidential elections in Nigeria? Could it be true that he might become the consensus choice of APC? I can’t just help asking if we, Nigerians, do think at all. So, have Jonathan’s sins been forgotten, or have they been forgiven?…

I wonder why the press has failed to do one thing. What is it? The overdue declaration of our man of all seasons as the best senator of all times. He is certainly the best senator to have emerged from Nigeria. I don’t see how the future generation can ever beat his record. Apart from…

Amongst other things, it’s pretty apparent that the average Nigerian lacks a sense of fairness and courage! Suppose some could be bold enough to announce the death of a living person. In that case, it’s equally their business not only to pull down their announcements but also to tender unreserved apologies to the individual concerned…

These are certainly daunting times. These are times when you know the genuine labour unions. These are also times when you can freely guess who true religious leaders are. I learned that even now, some so-called missionary schools are already claiming that their teachers might not get paid due to the situation on the ground….

It’s like the initiators of the so-called Yoruba or Oduduwa nation have withdrawn a bit. Maybe they’ve gone back to the drawing table. Some minutes ago, I went into the archives to read about Onikoyi. It’s said that the Onikoyi do not receive bullets at the back. Rather, they face the onslaught. But, if the…

I got a call from someone about two days ago. The person is no other than Mr Lagbaja the Great. After the initial greetings, I thought he would flaunt his political party’s “winning” of the disputed Presidential election in Nigeria. But he never mentioned that. He was so magnanimous in victory. The nice thing about…