Category: Opinion

Aso Rock’s voodoo statistics and my friend, Al Venter By Festus Adedayo

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A couple of months ago, history walked on its two legs into my feeble embrace. When it did, I never knew it was Providence’s own way of anticipating Nigerian Aso Rock’s nauseating historical revisionism. History’s embrace had come by the way of a terse mail I received from foremost online medium, Premium Times. The newspaper had been sent an enquiry from a South African British author on February 7, 2025, “wanting to make contact with one of your Op-Ed writers, Festus Adedayo.” The enquirer described himself as “an old Africa…

SDGs; Renewing Hope , Initiatives through Health Improvement in Nigeria, By Abubakar Yusuf

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Before and after launch of SDGs Goals 3 and 4 which signified Quality Education, Health Care and well being of Nigerians in 2023, the global body redoubled on its domestication towards providing health care both at the primary, secondary and tertiary health institutions.   Under the leadership of Princess Adejoke Orelope Adefulire, the provision of adequate health care services and facilities has been on the high pedestal in accordance with expectations of the decade of action, 2020-2030 Agenda.   This positive health care provision has resulted in the establishment of…

Women are free to be gold diggers ,by Funke Egbemode

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Do you still remember the story of my friend who said he loves women with big breasts? Each time a woman with full frontal endowment passed, he smacked his lips. He will not date a woman with less than 34DD specification. He can ‘manage’ if her southern region is not rich or even outright flat. As long as there is something full to cushion his stress after a long hard day. But his wife, yes, the Madam of the house, is almost flat-chested. Yet my friend is married, happily married.…

The battle of coalitions ,by Jonathan Nda-Isaiah

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Nigeria’s political landscape is being reshaped before our very eyes. The chess pieces are moving across the board with calculated precision, as defections sweep across the nation like wildfire in the harmattan season.   Make no mistake about it – we’re witnessing a high-stakes power play that threatens the very fabric of our democratic experiment.   Last month, Delta state governor Sheriff Oborevwori shocked the nation by defecting with his entire cabinet to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). As if that wasn’t dramatic enough, Delta lawmakers in the House…

The urgency of an emergencyBy abiodun KOMOLAFE

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I was out of town last Saturday when a sudden phone call shattered my plans for the weekend. My co-tenant informed me of a shocking rent hike by a staggering 75% increase! In one fell swoop? In a letter to that effect, the Estate Agent, or ‘Caretaker’, as they are called in this part of the world, added a caveat, which more or less sounded like a formal threat: “In view of this, we hereby review the rent to N350,000.00 (Three hundred and fifty thousand naira) only for your subsequent…

Rep. Ahmed Ja Babawo’s Boko Haram remarks are reckless, demoralising, and dangerous By: Zagazola Makama

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The recent outburst by Rep. Ahmed Ja Babawo, the Member representing Chibok, Damboa, and Gwoza Federal Constituency in the National Assembly, claiming that Boko Haram is more sophisticated than the Nigerian Army, is not only irresponsible, it is an affront to the gallantry, sacrifices, and resilience of our Armed Forces. At a time when our soldiers are battling against the most brutal form of asymmetric warfare, it is appalling that a sitting lawmaker would mount the podium of national representation to glorify terrorists and diminish the credibility of Nigeria’s military.…

Defamation na cruise By Simbo Olorunfemi

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The levity with which some Nigerians level accusations at others, flippantly throwing wild allegations that they obviously can’t prove around, is proof to me that many take it as a joke, forgetting that real lives, careers and reputation are involved.   By my reckoning, many people don’t take defamation seriously. That is so for a few reasons. Too many people get away with defamation without paying the price they ought to pay. Only a few are willing to go through the stress involved in seeking redress.   The Court system…

VDM’s Arrest: GTBank a Victim of Narrative Manipulation – By Isaac Asabor

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Let us pause here and consider the logic behind this outrage. A citizen walks into a bank to make a complaint, a right guaranteed by his status as a customer. He is attended to and then exits the premises. Sometime after that, he is arrested by officers of the Nigeria Police Force. Yet somehow, without evidence or an official statement linking the two events, the bank becomes the villain in the eyes of the public. If that is not a textbook example of scapegoating, what is?   In the age…

NSCDC Mining Marshals – A Smart, Non-Kinetic Turn in Nigeria’s Fight Against Illegal Mining By Abdullahi O Haruna Haruspice

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In a nation richly endowed with natural resources, the irony of poverty amid plenty has become a familiar, if not tragic, narrative. For decades, illegal mining has drained Nigeria of its mineral wealth, degraded the environment, and funded criminal networks. Yet, after years of deploying heavily armed forces and watching the problem mutate rather than disappear, a new, non-kinetic approach has emerged—quietly effective, surprisingly strategic, and worthy of national support. Enter the NSCDC Mining Marshals. Deployed by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), the Mining Marshals are an…

Saviour Enyiekere : Hitting the Ground Running at NASC, BY ABUBAKAR YUSUF

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History was made again today at the National Assembly Service Commission NASC as the newly appointed as Executive Chairman,Dr Saviour Enyiekere and his Commissioners, was sworn in by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Presidential villa to signify the beginning of another five years journey for the new management of the Commission.   Dr Enyiekere who was appointed along with his 12 commissioners representing the six geopolitical zones on 20th, February, 2025, assumed duty on 5th, May, 2025 few months after their appointment after been taking oath office.   He…