Opinion Corner

Women and girls are typically trafficked into the commercial sex industry, i.e. prostitution or other forms of sexual exploitation. Victims are sometimes taken away from home for false assumptions that the person is a witch or wizard. They are often tortured, beaten, caged or imprisoned as means of punishment. By Charity Okpolokpo There are these four stickers produced by Ajegunle …

Owners of commercial buses plying different routes in the city, pay different amounts of money to touts as taxes every day. Drivers pay for up to 4 or 5 tickets a day or even more. The taxes are collected by force from them if they refuse to pay, following a fight that is intentionally provoked by the touts to enforce …

We believe that a Truth and Reconciliation Commission akin to those that have been set up since 1973 should examine the sixteen years of the PDP as a democratically elected government. Even though the objective is not to seek retribution for these many cases of impunity, graft and theft of public funds, it would be a platform to minimize the …

By JIDE OJO. Welcome to the new Nigeria! Sequel to the general elections held on March 28 and April 11, 2015 in the country, power has finally changed hands from one political party to another at the centre as well as in many states. The routing of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party by the main opposition party, the All Progressives …

It must be painful that the Ndigbo leaders saw change and did not embrace it. The inalienable truth is that the leaders could not calculate that the formation of the APC meant that the majority had shifted to the new party. By ignoring the wind of change, Ndigbo shot themselves on the foot. By Hon. Josef Omorotionmwan WANTED URGENTLY: President …

Nigeria’s unemployment rate is over 11 percent higher than the average rate of 9.5 percent for sub-Saharan Africa. Sadly, many of these unemployed have high level of education that can be used to advance the development of our economy. However, in the absence of the enabling environment for these youths to harness their potentials, most of our young people indulge …

Sometime ago, after a prominent Nigerian was released from prison, members of his family and political associates rolled out their drums to welcome him. The celebration was described by many Nigerians as a show of shame. The big question is: how do we sustain the fight against Corruption when those that are supposed to show good example are now being …

By Sandra Eguagie. Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, religion, educational background, language or any other status. Gender equality and support to women and the girl child is not kindness done to women but it is beneficial to the society. Nigerians joined some countries to celebrate Mother’s day on the …