In order to make some sense out of this heading, it is necessary to clear first of all, some extraneous issues. All public discussion, to be worthy of the name discussion, and not just a display of ignorance or emotion, has to be logical. Any discussion that is not based on correct logic is useless, […]
Continue ReadingBy Martins Oloja ‘No force on earth can stop an idea whose time has come’. ‘Nothing is stronger than an idea whose time has come’. ‘No army can stop an idea whose time has come’. ‘Nothing is as powerful as an idea whose time has come’. ‘There is one thing stronger than all the armies […]
Continue ReadingFor some years back now, the entire Nigerian nation had been practically overwhelmed by a level of criminality which the nation had never known since it came into being. And this despite the existence of the Nigerian Army, Navy, Air Force and Police all of which are centrally controlled by the Federal Government of Nigeria. […]
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By Bola Tinubu Amotekun. This issue has dominated recent discourse and media headlines. Distilled to its basics, it concerns how best state governments can assist with the safety and security of their residents. This is a matter of serious concern entitled to sober thought. However, it has been turned into a political tug-of-war. Fierce, often unthinking […]
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America’s ruinous more-than-a-decade war and invasion of Iraq led to civilian deaths of upwards of half a million people (about the size of the entire population of Washington DC), though conservative, documented figures would put the civilian death toll to anywhere between 182,000 to 206, 000. American troops died in their thousands too (including contractors), […]
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The Holy Book instructs: “God is not mocked, whatsoever thou soweth, that ye shall reap” Most of us, particularly Christians among us are very familiar with this biblical injunction. But like everything else, we Nigerians are only fond of quoting or parroting such scriptural injunctions in our public or private conversations without putting them into […]
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By Richard Akinnola Yesterday, l made a post in respect of this syndicated story of alleged missing N40 billion that the FIRS purportedly used for this year’s presidential election. Please, permit my naivete, but l see the whole hyped-up story as mere red herring. Yes, allusion could be made to the Dasuki/Dieziani slush election money […]
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By Richard Akinnola “There is nothing wrong in addressing the President as Major-General as long as they don’t commit an offence doing so. If they commit any offence, then the government will deal with them. “They can call him anything they like but if what they call him is derogatory then they bear the consequences. […]
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By Richard Akinnola I’m not a member of NIPR, neither am l a public relations practitioner. But l know the generic concept of public relations as a novice. Hence, this example. Alozie Ogugbuaja, CSP, was the popular Lagos State police Public Relations Officer. Urbane and cerebral, he is a graduate of Mass Communications from the […]
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By Udenna Orji Something new is brewing in Ondo state. There is a bludgeoning new movement and a popular new political lexicon on the lips of the good people and residents of Ondo state. Everywhere you turn to in the state, you are peacefully accosted by the overwhelming presence of this new movement and the […]
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