Why Tinubu deserves re-election, Tunji-Ojo should contest governorship in Ondo
By Saka Ola Ahmed It is said that in times of emergency and crisis, especially economy crisis, courageous and focused leaders are needed to steer the ships of the affected countries or states. President Bola Tinubu has demonstrated enough courage with the decisions he has taken to take Nigeria out of its present economy crisis. Though […]
On the politics of reckless scapegoatism
THE sordid scepter of scapegoatism is very rife in the Nigerian political landscape. Some of the symptoms of this malady include: relentlessly blowing things out of proportion, latching unto imaginary paranoia, and turning an innocuous injunction into an acrimonious debate.
Dogara and Reps’ hypocrisy
WE were recently riveted by allegations of sexual misconducts levelled against three Nigerian lawmakers by the United States Ambassador to Nigeria, James Entwistle. In a letter to the Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives,
Re: Averting religious crisis in Osun
THE recent judgment of the Osun High Court that ruled in favour of the use of hijab (head scarf) by Muslim female students in the public secondary schools has brought the state under focus in the last two weeks. This judgment has attracted numerous comments, remarks, opinions and even personal biases of individuals. In nearly all of these commentaries – some informed, others partisan and jaundiced – the kernels of the point of discussion are either misunderstood or cast away by the writers.
NTA to lead change mantra: Ibn Mohammed’s perspective
WHEN it comes to television broadcasting, Nigeria is expected to plunge fully into the digital terrain, Digital Switch Over, by 17th June 2017; and the implications are many. First, it is going to be an entirely different reality for the television industry. Second, television broadcasting will be so much magnified that only the best can survive.
Governance and the burden of creativity(2)
WHY did our Honourable Minister for Power, Works and Housing agree to take up that portfolio when it ought to have been obvious to him that the job would be too onerous for any one individual, given our present realities?
