Opinion Corner

Most Edo people believe that it is the right of the electorate – market women, traders, civil society, and persons with disability, Irrespective of gender to choose who governs them. It is not the prerogative of any group or political godfathers to hold brief for Edo people in determining who becomes the next governor of their state. By Charles Iyare …

Peace is engendered by truth – truth spoken by the leader and governors to the led and conversely, truth spoken without fear to the authorities by the people or what is described as, speaking truth to power. Peace is engendered but justice, fairness, equity for all, by all being under the law, the upholding of the rule of law, good …

If it can be said categorically when Lassa fever will end, why wait till April? The Health Minister also said that if nothing is done it will come back by August. Are all these just predictions that are definitive of an expectation? Or is there something more to his cryptic statements that we do not know? Nigerians have rights to …

United States of America (USA) Secretary of State, John Kerry, has narrated at the ongoing World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland how President Muhammadu Buhari has come to save Nigeria from destruction as a result of corruption that had even rendered the nation’s armed forces ineffective to fight Boko Haram insurgents. “When Nigeria’s President Buhari took office last spring, …

It is our fundamental right to negotiate what to pay for any goods or services. Nobody or group of persons has the right to impose any tariff on the people without consultation. By Osaze Edigin Edo state, the Heartbeat of the Nation has stood out among other states of the federation in the fight against the unfair business practices by …

We have papered over the issue of National Integration for so long that it is now staring us in the face. It is either that we discover the essence of nationhood and drive Nigeria to greatness or we will keep stuttering and never making the desired progress, with a possibility that our nation could disintegrate. By Tony Abolo The issue …

In this piece, TUNDE ODESOLA examines the events likely to shape the country’s political outlook in the leap year For the discerning, the clear handwriting on the wall needs no interpretation; the time of famine is catching up on a profligate nation of thieving, shameless leaders and a largely brainwashed following. For Nigeria, today is the first blank page of …

By Femi Fani-Kayode The first part was published last week Is it any wonder that on October 12, 1960, Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Sadauna of Sokoto and the Premier of the Northern Region, said: “This new nation called Nigeria should be an estate of our great grandfather, Uthman Dan Fodio. We must RUTHLESSLY prevent a change of power. We must …

By Femi Fani-Kayode ‘’Do not call a conspiracy what these people call a conspiracy, neither fear ye their fear but sanctify the Lord your God in your heart and let Him be your only fear”- ISAIAH 8:12 In an essay, titled, ‘’Afenifere: A Syllabus Of Errors’’, written in 1998 and published in Gamji.com, Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi wrote the following: …

The Nigeria Governors Forum recently expressed worries that more states may not be able to pay workers salaries if the revenue of the country continues to be on the decline. The NGF, through its chairman, Governor Abdul’aziz Yari of Zamfara, said “the situation is no longer the same when we use to pay N18, 000 minimum wage when oil was …