OPINION

By Festus Adedayo Talented filmmaker, Tunde Kelani, recalibrated a popular Yoruba folklore in his famous Agogo Ewo (the forbidden gong) movie. A supremacy battle ensued between Eledumare – God, and Land. The two earthly ancient…

If passed, signed into law and implemented, the bill to transform Nigeria's from Presidential to Parliamentary government just introduced to the House of Representative will drastically reduce cost of governance. Governance at…

Feminism, a word laden with historical struggles, societal shifts, and ongoing battles for equality, resonates deeply within me. As a staunch supporter of gender equality, I proudly identify as a feminist. My commitment to this…

By abiodun KOMOLAFE Nigeria is at a critical juncture; and in such a context, it is “cometh the moment, cometh the man”. For President Bola Tinubu, this adversity should be turned into a historic advantage which should propel…

By Festus Adedayo Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature, William Butler Yeats, aptly put it in his famous The Second Coming. When things fall apart, wrote Yeats, not only can’t the centre hold,…

Chief Johnson Ukueku, foremost Urhobo pharmacist and 1st Republic parliamentarian was an outstanding patriot who believed in and practice harmonious coexistence between Urhobo and neighboring tribes. A rejoinder he published on…

I don't blame the Ijaw Youth Council, IYC. I blame the tribalistic Goodluck Jonathan and Ijaw Elders under INC. If not for the untimely death of President Musa Yar'Adua which gave Goodluck Jonathan the space to play ethnic card…

The Petroleum Industrial Act (PIA) is recipe for disaster if not amended to make state and local governments nominal observers, and not the active participants as being made Secretary to the PIA board as the law accords them. …

Nigerian political officeholders like to innovate nonsense. What tactless youthful exuberance prompted the recent announcement by the Minister of Youth Development, Dr Jemila Ibrahim, on plans to establish a national youth development bank?…

By Shehu Bashir Esq I am happy to observe that the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has started to take control and do the needful to rein in the criminals and saboteurs and forex speculators. I am particularly happy to note that…