Opinion

By: Samuel Agbelusi On 21 February 2022, the Russian Federation Council unanimously authorised Putin to use military force outside Russia's borders. Two days later, Russia launched a large-scale invasion of Ukraine, its neighbour to the…

This world is not our permanent home. This is an undeniable fact that we all have fought severely either through prayers or conscious and healthy living. Yes, people know that life is short but they still struggle and hustle to live long in…

Recently, some elders of Ijesaland visited Governor Gboyega Oyetola at the state secretariat. These elders travelled to Osogbo, the capital of the state to beg the governor and requested for the upgrading of the college of education in…

Something interesting struck my mind having closely monitored events around the immediate past Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. TY Buratai (rtd). One is perplexed at the stream of human traffic to his residence or complimentary phone…

These are indeed interesting times in Nigeria. I am beginning to believe that it is now an occupation for some individuals and groups to imagine things and pass their imagination to the general public without thinking of the implication of…

Unmistakably, President Muhammadu Buhari has an unquenchable obsession with the plight of the poor and vulnerable Nigerians. A pivotal aspect of his leadership of the nation is to ensure, platforms are erected for less privileged Nigerians…

The joke is on Nigerians who routed for a Joe Biden presidency in the country without understanding the deeper issues that shape politics in the United States of America, and indeed in any other country of the world. The reference here is…

It is said that, "Transparency is the pillar of Accountability". Give me a Leader who is transparent and accountable, I will show you a nation that will birth Development, and lead other nations into the Future. I wish to state that the…

The recent nomination of the immediate past Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (rtd) as Ambassador-Designate by President Muhammadu Buhari has indeed put the country into frenzy. In some quarters, mostly the opposition members,…

The recent appointment of new Service Chiefs by President Muhammadu Buhari has opened a new vista in the country's security architecture. In his remark, the President thanked the outgoing Service Chiefs for their efforts and commitment…

“Veni, vidi, vici, which means “I came, I saw, I conquered”- William Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar”. The popularized dramatic character, known to us as Julius Caesar was a reconfigured and fictionalized personality in many of the plays of…

Change is inevitable. But whenever it occurs, what comes to mind is how those exiting would be remembered. For the outgoing Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Tukur Yusuf Buratai (rtd), the answer is very simple; he would be remembered as the…

Finally, the missing link in the puzzle unfolding in Southwest Nigeria has been discovered with the recent  expose by no less a person than Babafemi Ojudu, Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on political matters. Ojudu in a…

Since the onset of the Boko Haram insurgency in North-East, Nigeria in 2009, Nigeria has witnessed a period classified as one of the most trying in its history. I would say that the Boko Haram insurgency was underestimated. Consequently,…

It is established that the population of a nation is its strength; the intellectual and positive productive gifts of its citizenry are its power and enviable assets. The overbeaten cliché in the inaugural address by a former American…

Pro-protest and pro-terrorist news blog, Sahara Reporters, has maxed out its usefulness and may just be on the last lap of its viability going by the nature of the sub-par news items it is now pushing out in the name of exclusives or…

Interventions on the political and economic fronts by Nigerians in the Diaspora have been anything but complimentary of our leaders, systems and policies. It is as if once our intellectuals find their feet in other shores, they develop a…

Nigeria has for over a decade been enmeshed in an intractable insecurity mess due to the unfortunate conspiracy against it by notable international bodies like the ICC and Amnesty International among others, and kowtowing the script of the…

I would start this article on a high pitch because of the activities of some supposed Nigerian activists holed up somewhere outside the shores of Nigeria barely surviving and waiting for that opportunity to make a living through ignoble…

Some Nigerians with questionable character in the Diaspora have indulged in malicious campaigns to radicalize their compatriots and promote destabilization back home. This revelation was made by the Coalition for Nigeria Movement (CNM)…