Category: Opinion

By Abdu Rafiu The environment is getting increasingly toxic. The toxicity is so palpable you would think it can be held in one’s hand. It is flowing out of outcry of anger which in turn is primarily from experiencing hardship and a feeling of uncertainties of daily living in these times. In Nigeria, the outcry […]

FRESH efforts by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum to halt the spiraling food crisis in the country coincide with the overly optimistic reiteration by the Federal Government that Nigeria will be a net exporter of food very soon. Represented by the governors of Taraba, Agbu Kefas; Ondo, Lucky Aiyedatiwa; Kogi, Ahmed Ododo, and the NGF Chairman […]

NIGERIA’S oil industry is chaotic, primitive, and sunken. Proof is found in the recent decision of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery to import crude oil from the United States in the coming months, as the $20 billion facility intensifies moves to start pumping out refined products. With Nigeria being the leading producer of crude in Africa, […]

By Tunde Odesola Daybreak Nigeria! All the make-up is gone now. On the forehead are lines of wrinkles. Short tears dry up midway down the sides of the nose, forming the ruthless eyeshadows of the tiger. The smile has turned into a sneer, the cheers are swallowed up by jeers, and laughter has ceased, seized […]

By Dare Babarinsa The new war on kidnapping and criminality has to be fought on the frontier of knowledge. The new bands of criminals are vicious and lack any semblance of humanity or mercy. They are worse than animals, but they are living among us. Yet, we are all scarred because we think the government […]

By Abdu Rafiu Every action is preceded by thoughts and volition. In volition lies what the thoughts intend to achieve sanctioned by the power of decision. Volition thus springs from the will. Thoughts are fed into the heart which is the hearth, the base and seat of our volition to trigger it. When the thoughts […]

By Abdu Rafiu The consequences of befuddled thinking flowing from parochial interests and not for the general welfare of all, are staring all in the face. The country is in a chokehold of anguish, uncertainties and disillusionment. I am continuing my reflection on the state of insecurity in the land. Since the last one week […]

ECOWAS Extraordinary Summit The decision of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso to suddenly withdraw their membership of the Economic Community of West African States undermines regional and socioeconomic integration and sabotages the legacies of ECOWAS’ founding fathers. Nigeria must play a crucial role to make them reverse their decision. Amidst the stifling sanctions placed on […]

Motorcyclists also known as Okada riders Having renewed its indecisive campaign against the impunity of commercial motorcycles, popularly called okada, the Lagos State Government has to make it total. The resolve of the Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration to enforce its writ aligns with the growing anxiety over the resurgence of okada in several parts of Lagos. […]

IT is not the best of times for the proponents of restructuring in Nigeria. Uncomfortable with this, the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, again recently called on President Bola Tinubu to put machinery in motion to dismantle the flawed political system and restructure Nigeria. It is disappointing that after spending more than eight months in office, […]