Category: Opinion

By Tunde Odesola In the sunlight of man’s civility lurks a shadow of beastiality called boxing. Though British sportswriter, Pierce Egan, in 1813, coined the term ‘sweet science’, Jewish-English prizefighter, Daniel Mendoza, stapled the term to boxing in the late 1700s. However, on Saturday morning when I watched the videos of the 2016 UFC welterweight […]

Prospective and exciting as the Lekki Deep Seaport may be in terms of revenue earning for both the Federal Government and the Lagos State Government, the project is surrounded by potentially suffocating circumstances that may abort the dream. It is crucial for the authorities to note that the port is not an end but a […]

By Kennedy Ikantu Peretei The next couple of days will be very interesting. The contraption called All Progressives Congress (APC) would have finally extinguished itself. In Ondo State for example, one does not need the prophetic exactitude of a Jewish prophet to know that, Rotimi Akeredolu led APC will have a tragic outing in the […]

Seized motorcycles The recent incident in Lekki, in which an innocent citizen, David Sunday, described as a sound engineer was lynched by some operators of the commercial motorcycle transport popularly known as Okada, was a very barbaric, unfortunate and sad event. It was a highly lamentable act of callousness because it portrayed the abysmal level […]

As the world continues to celebrate this year’s World Press Freedom Day, the highly volatile security situation in Nigeria presents a grave cause of worry for journalists, who, given the unsafe environment, have watched the difficulties attached to the practice of their profession multiply several folds. The Federal Government that has an onerous responsibility to […]

Deborah Samuel, a 200 Level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto The gruesome murder of a defenceless student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto by her irate school mates is yet another of the barbaric, unlawful and unconstitutional acts committed by some citizens using religion as a cover. In particular, Deborah is […]

Chairman, Revenue Allocation, Mobilisation,and Fiscal Commission (RAMFC) Engr. Elias Mbam A bid to rejig the Revenue Allocation Formula for the country should be seen as an initial step to liberalising the politically stifling structure of the polity that has seen the component parts struggling for a small percentage of money generated; while the federal government […]

By Chukwuneta Oby I lost my mother recently. And the experience was one with lessons and regrets. The journey towards the end of one’s life is a lonely one. Despite being surrounded by some of us (her children), the battle to hang onto life or quietly take the hand that death extended was hers to […]

By Sola Ebiseni I had looked forward to dedicating this column today to the celebration of an icon, a living legend, Pa Reuben Famuyide Fasoranti. The Leader of the Afenifere, apex Yoruba socio-political organisation who turned 96 on Wednesday, May 11, 2022 and many of us, his followers, family members and several political actors were […]

By Martins Oloja This may not be a time of the year to choose ‘Persons of the Year,’ but there is a weightier matter of urgent national importance that should be deconstructed now that our resourceful leader and his team are rounding off political actions to (s) elect a successor and other leaders of our […]