Category: Opinion

By Sonnie Ekwowusi The abortion directives issued last week by the Lagos State Governor Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu to the effect that Lagosians can now “safely” kill their unborn babies without any qualms are illegal and therefore null and void. Frankly speaking, I don’t know why Mr. Sanwo-Olu has allowed himself to be drafted into the […]

By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa According to the United Nations Development Programme Office, there are nine (9) core characteristics of democratic rule, to wit: (i) Participation (ii) Rule of Law (iii) Transparency (iv) Responsiveness (v) Consensus (vi) Orientation (vii) Equity (viii) Effectiveness; and (ix) Efficiency. 1.1 Participation: The idea of popular participation is crucial to both democratization […]

By Sly Edaghese Apart from Peter Obi, the Labor Party flag bearer, who has inundated every space on the social media platform with what he had done while in office as a governor, other presidential aspirants have not been so voluble with what they did in the past nor what they intend to bring to […]

Following confirmation that Muslim pilgrims to Mecca in Saudi Arabia will be making the Mount Arafat passage today, Muslims are set to mark the Eid-el-Kabir, otherwise known as the festival of the ram, from today. For the Muslim faithful, this festival is coming amid a massive depression that has enveloped the entire country, following a […]

By Alade Rotimi-John It must be noted that the inability of the ordinary people of Nigeria to alter their strategy in an essential way has continued to conduce to their all-pervasive sorry plight. The unrepentant smug indifference with which their oppressors hold them tends to attest to the feared hopelessness of their situation. What is […]

Terrorists stepped up the game on Tuesday when they ambushed the Presidential Advance team in Dutsinma, Katsina State, injuring two security personnel. Distracted, unfocused, lacking a coherent strategy, or strong will to defeat criminality and perpetually in denial, the violence and mayhem engulfing the entire country are getting closer to President Muhammadu Buhari. Nigeria is […]

By Wole Oyebade Arguably the most prominent thinker in the classical western thought system, Plato wrote the foregoing verdict around 380 B.C. and it still finds enormous relevance in modern societies. Having witnessed the unjust trial and execution of his teacher and mentor, Socrates, Plato saw the evil of democratic system of government and ruling […]

The arrest and prosecution of former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice by the London Metropolitan Police in the United Kingdom is unfortunate and an embarrassment for Nigeria, given the suspect’s high standing in the country’s polity. While Ekweremadu and his wife remain innocent subject to UK’s legal system, the news can […]

After several physical security breaches, Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has signed an executive order for compulsory installation of Close Circuit Television (CCTV) in all public and private places in the state. The chief press secretary to the governor, Mr Richard Olatunde, said in a statement that the order became imperative because of the […]