Opinion

Several years after he retired from his illustrious career as a professional footballer, Peter Osaze Odemwingie was in the news a few weeks back. Very thankfully, his rebound was not a worrying piece of news. It has become customary for the medical plight of many of our former sportsmen to …

THIS article – lightly labelled “An Open Letter” – takes its bearing from a Facebook post on Saturday, June 29, 2024, by the Honourable Commissioner for Information and Strategy in the Lagos State Government, Mr Gbenga Omotosho, who can be described as a “veteran (authority, consumate, long-serving, professional, well-versed) Journalist.” …

In Anikulapo, the popular Netflix film directed by celebrated filmmaker Kunle Afolayan, viewers were treated to the spectacle of a mute king. He wouldn’t speak in public, instead whispering inaudibly to a chosen mouthpiece, who would then voice his thoughts to the gathering, whether of chiefs or villagers. Several explanations …

Nigeria must unsign or withdraw from SAMOA Agreement. Contrary to Minister Bagudu’s propaganda, SAMOA Agreement IS NOT IN THE INTEREST OF NIGERIA. Why? Articles of the Agreement especially 2.5, 29.5, 36.2, 88, 97, violate Nigeria’s laws, Nigeria’s sovereignty and African Charter on People’s and Human Rights which Nigeria has domesticated, …

THE exit of some multinational corporations from Africa in recent times has continued to make exciting headlines. In most cases, it is seen as a bad omen. Some take advantage of the negative narrative and fashion out of them big sticks to clumber their politicians and political leaders. However, it …

THE annulment of June 12, 1993 Presidential election, adjudged to be the best in Nigerian history was a Pandora’s box with numerous consequences and troubles. For Nigeria, it was an opportunity, a great opportunity missed for real growth and development of the most populous Black nation in the world. It …

THE Chairman of Nestoil Limited, Dr. Ernest Azudialu-Obiejesi has called for a change in the implementation of the Nigerian content policy that allows contracts to be awarded to companies with lowest bids despite apparent lack of capacity to deliver the jobs. Dr. Azudialu-Obiejesi who spoke yesterday during a panel session …

It was Norman Cousins that said : The Tragedy of life is not that we die , but what dies inside us why we live* Life is a complex milliue.Beyond the razzmatazz and laughs , lie the reality of debauchery. Never you take anything for granted .Still water runs deep …

IN the month since 23 May 2024, when – during hours reserved by nature entirely for meetings of witches and wizards – he began sitting as Kingmaker for the Emirate of Kano, Abdullahi Liman, a senior judge of Nigeria’s Federal High Court, has handed down at least five rulings. Defying …

THE Nigeria of the 1950s and early 1960s had very many interesting personalities. Western Region had its fair share of such. One of them was a man named Suara Sobo Akande (Sobo is pronounced as Sorbor). He was a prominent transporter who held the transportation industry of the time by …