Category: Opinion

Apostle Chibuzor Gift Chinyere Photo: https://independent The humanitarian gesture of citizen Chibuzor Chinyere in donating a mini estate and a car to Garba Emmanuel, the father of Deborah Samuel, who was killed in Sokoto for alleged blasphemy, is a deep manifestation of love, care and humanity to the recipient of the gift and his entire […]

By Abimbola Adelakun As electioneering heats up, the tensed debates around the religion of the presidential candidates will steam. Presently, the religious dialogue is about the savviness of a “Muslim-Muslim” ticket which, as we have been told, is the only combination that guarantees electoral success for a candidate whose regional supporters are apparently too close-minded […]

The vexatious issue of the lingering fuel subsidy on petroleum products was raised at the recent presentation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Economic Outlook in Abuja recently. At the event, both the Federal Government and the IMF appear to be singing the same tune on the need to remove the subsidy. […]

By Martins Oloja At this time of scarcity of almost everything including scarcity of integrity, paucity of high moral standard, absence of strict regulators, shortage of good service providers, poverty of philosopher-kings, dearth of good writing, lack of good judgments, rarity of good men and women, scantiness of good husbands and wives, even uncommonness of […]

Photo/facebook/officialasiwajubat By Dare Babarinsa Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), came into the limelight 30 years ago. He was one of the young men and women who flocked around Chief Moshood Abiola, Nigerian President-presumptive and winner of the June 12, 1993, presidential election. Tinubu was elected Senator on […]

Scene after the terrorist attack at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State where scores of worshipers were killed, maimed. Photo/Facebook/rotimiaketi The spate of religious-inspired violence and gruesome murder in Nigeria of late belie the lofty ideal of religion being not only a very personal matter between man and his creator, but also a […]

To hold that Nigeria is in a dire strait economically and that its next president has an unenviable task to fix it, is an understatement. Besides the electorate expecting an end to challenges of insecurity, they expect a leader with a magic wand to upturn fortunes of the economy, effectively deal with fuel subsidy dilemma, […]

As victims of St Francis Catholic Church, Owo massacre got mass burial few days back, the worrisome state of increasing and widespread insecurity leaves no one in doubt that the country is under siege. Also, the fact that no arrest has been made since that barbaric and gruesome event, two weeks ago, is equally worrisome […]

Barring an extension of time by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the major political parties today rest their choices of presidential running mates, hopefully bringing down the tension and heated debates surrounding the religious affiliation of the candidates. By INEC’s timetable, the parties must name and submit their vice-presidential candidates today. Without a doubt, […]