Opinion

It is with a heavy heart, worry about Nigeria and a sense of impending doom that I am sending this message to my colleagues in the media . Let me begin with a question , what exactly will we gain if Nigeria descends into war?…

You won’t believe this. As the Lagos state governor-elect in 1979, Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande was so much in a hurry to hit the ground running that he…

As a cybersecurity professional, I’ve witnessed the digital threat landscape change rapidly. Today, with everything connected, cyberattacks are growing in number and complexity. Traditional security methods, once reliable, now struggle…

There is more to Lai Mohammed than meets the eye. He is more controversial than he is understood. And he has chalked up quite a reputation for himself as an unabridged talker.…

Since Nigeria’s independence in 1960, women have not been given the chance to become president of the country and I think our great nation is making a mistake. If Nigeria has a woman as president, there are many advantages…

In politics, there are no permanent friends, permanent enemies and permanent interests. This is perhaps, the only way to explain widely reported moves of a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, FFK. The former Minister and…

Leaders in the north must jettison the wrist-slap approach if they genuinely intend to arrest the growing insecurity in their domain, writes Shola Oyeyipo ......If truth must be told, the perplexing insecurity…

While the House impeachment managers have focused on events leading up to the Capitol breach, it was the real time response from Donald Trump to the rioters which yields…

In war, it is said that truth is usually the first casualty. While the Central bank of Nigeria (CBN) continued its war on cryptocurrency (crypto) last week by threatening banks and other financial institutions…

Based on data by the Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), of the 10 million applicants that sought entry into Nigerian…

Against a wobbly Chelsea beating a path onto redemption with a new manager at the helm on Thursday, Jose Mourinho’s Tottenham appeared hapless, limp and disorganised,…

Even with a little more than two years to go as President and Commander in Chief of the armed forces, permutations over who will succeed Muhammadu Buhari in Aso Rock has…

Let me start with a Caveat: Don’t ever start an argument with this tall and brilliant man if you’re not well armed with the facts of the matter you want to take him on! I won’t forget in a hurry that fierce argument…

Looking at everything, it’s not all together a bad thing for the North to secede from Nigeria. The North is the only region in Nigeria that practically…

There is outrage in some quarters over the dismissal of Omolola Olajide, a female Constable, from the Nigeria Police Force, NPF. She was sacked for being…

The quit notice served on the Fulani community in Igangan, Oyo state, by a non-state actor, Chief Sunday Igboho, is a timely reminder that Nigeria is at the risk of becoming a failed state. In my previous article, I argued…

After years of being left in the lurch, divine intervention came for Nigeria’s State of Harmony, Kwara when, in 2019, the people elected what came close to their idea…

On Wednesday, January 31, 2018, around 8pm, the news of the seven travellers who were burnt to death in Benue hit the airwaves. The Punch Newspaper featured the…

Recent events in south-western Nigeria, as I would offer to think, are not ordinary. First, Chief Sunday Adeyemo (also called Sunday Igboho), a private citizen described as “youth leader”, stormed the Fulani…

“Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.”  Proverbs 16:18 (NIVUK) Like myself, many concluded four years ago that this con man, Donald Trump, whose name is now approaching that of Judas…

Crime has no ethnic face. When criminality is defined according to ethnic origin or religion, social cohesion is threatened. There are people of criminal inclinations in every group, race, place and religion. In fact, we…

We are outcomes of our society and our society is a consequence of our essence. We live by the governing examples and norms of our community and we cannot be more than what we…

If I’m honest, there has not been much to cheer about Nigeria in recent times. As someone who always tries to keep a positive attitude towards life — a disposition that makes me celebrate little successes…

At Independence on October 1, 1960, Nigeria, with three, and later, four regions, was erected on the pillar of true federalism. But, on assuming office, the first military Head of State, Major General Thomas Aguiyi-Ironsi,…