Category: Opinion

Journalists By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu There is this friend of mine, a very evil wag named Vitone, who keeps stressing that journalists must be made to wear uniforms like policemen. My friend argues that the role of journalists as societal watchdogs places them on the same pedestal as the police. He then goes ahead to […]

President Muhammadu Buhari . Photo credit: Bloomberg By Martins Oloja ‘The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.’ – Ronald Reagan It is in the light of the above powerful words of one of America’s greatest leaders, […]

State governors’ angling for more airports is a misplaced priority that the National Assembly and Federal aviation authorities should discourage as it amounts to prodigal awards of state resources. Though bereft of how to run them efficiently, Nigeria already has an unwieldy list of airports that are enough to go round almost all the 36 […]

Senator Lawan’s explanation on National Assembly’s annual allocation not tenable After years of keeping secret the salaries and allowances drawn monthly by federal legislators, the Senate President, Dr. Ahmed Lawan, has disclosed their remunerations. At the first Distinguished Parliamentarians Lecture Series last week, Dr. Lawan told his audience that each Senator is paid a salary […]

Former Governor of Niger State, Dr Babangida Alliyu (left); Senator Ben Obi; chieftain of NADECO, Chief Amos Akingba; former Minister of Defense, Lt. Gen. Alani Akinrinade (rtd); Erelu Abiola Dosumu and former Nigeria envoy to Netherlands, Dr. Tokunbo Awolowo-Dosumu By Tony Afejuku As I write this, I look forward to the day, the beautiful day, […]

Bisi Akande’s palatial building in Ila Orangun By Our Reporter “They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to those who delight in it!” This is the Palatial building in ìlá-Ọ̀ràgún the residence of Chief Bisi Akande. There is a building on […]

By Olu Fasan LAST week, at the launch of his autobiography My Participations, Chief Bisi Akande, former Osun State governor and interim chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, said he had no sympathy for President Muhammadu Buhari over widespread criticism of his performance because he applied to be president. “I do not sympathise […]

Today marks Day 25 since the amended Electoral Act Bill 2021 has been on the table of President Muhammadu Buhari for assent into law. The nation is waiting for the electoral law to open a new vista for a credible electoral process in our democracy. And should Buhari fail to append his signature in the […]

Tunde Odesola Laughter is restorative, so is crying. It’s even beneficial when both are done simultaneously, scientists say. According to them, the same part of the brain, the hypothalamus, controls both laughter and crying. Laughter and crying are warm and cold springs issuing from different aquifers but ending up in the same confluence, like the […]