Opinion Corner

By Erasmus Ikhide Nigeria’s uprising with its echoes from the Arab Spring and Kenyans’ present demands for responsible government illustrate clearly how corruption, cronyism, and on-your-face gross impunity have crowded Tinubu’s increasingly authoritarian regime. Since taking power last year, President Tinubu has failed woefully to either speak the right language to heal the economy or deliver on promises of job …

By Erasmus Ikhide Unfortunately, Tinubu has been imprisoned by the retinue of his ethnic malcontent aides who are forcing him to roll out primitive policies that have stagnated, sullen and broadened the collapse of the economy. Wale Edun, Coordinating Minister for Economy and Minister of Finance’s plan to borrow N20 trillion naira from pension funds is one tragic policy blunder …

By Dr Sota Omoigui MD – Coauthor, Nigerian National Anthem On October 7th, 2006, in her visit to Nigeria, Beyonce as never before, fell in love with a piece of music that wasn’t her composition or planned by her team. Such was the power of our anthem, pulsating with our African drums.  Our culture, music, movies song and dance are …

By Bidemi Nelson Research reveals that journalistic reporting on child maltreatment is usually low in quality, full of sensationalism, tends to silence victims and experts on child maltreatment matters, focuses mainly on victims and less on perpetrators, may incite more criticisms towards the victim than the perpetrator and lacks information on preventive and responsive interventions. This highlights the urgent need …

By Igbotako Nowinta As we know, slavery, colonialism and imperialism echoed bloodily through history, where the worst kind of savagery and distortions has been mercilessly carried out against Africa and Africans by cruel external forces from Europe and North America. It is therefore heartwarming that Prof. Ngamen Kouassi belongs to an insightful school of thought using the philosophy of “Monkeyism'” …

By Eben Enasco As a keen observer of the upcoming 2024 Edo Gubernatorial election, I am dismayed by the attempts of some political parties to politicize the revered OBA Palace with fictitious claims. Rather than focusing on their political ideology and people-centric policies, they are exploiting the Palace’s reputation for political gain. It is unacceptable for politicians to use the …

BY EBEN ENASCO  As the 2024 elections approach in Edo State, citizens are wondering if they will be able to exercise their fundamental right to vote without fear of intimidation, manipulation, or coercion. Some believe that the election will be won through “Federal Might”, but when the will of the people is ignored, it’s no longer a democratic victory. The …

The mistakes that Nigeria made is a wide ranging subject to deal with. Yet it is all important to know them for our survival as individuals, ethnic groupings, a country or a nation. The wise are expected to learn from their and other people’s mistakes . I must state that today’s Colloquium in honour of  Pastor Ituah Ighodalo, is well …

By Erasmus, Ikhide The laws that established the nation’s three armed forces – Nigerian Army, Nigerian Air Force and Nigerian Navy – unequivocally stated that the Nigeria federation shall, subject to an Act of the National Assembly made in that behalf, equip and maintain the armed forces as may be considered adequate and effective for the purpose of (a) defending …

By Erasmus Ikhide Under the Presidency of Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the same APC cast, the nation has regressed terribly in an unprecedented scale of ethnocentrism, studious manipulation of the Yoruba folks’ minds by weaponizing their brotherhood and stoking the flames of ethnic politics to cover up for Tinubu’s abhorrent insensitivity, crass inefficiency and deliberate affliction of economic hardship on …