Opinion

In Search Of A New Nigeria

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

It is very worrisome that after over five decades of nationhood, our nation isn’t really fulfilling the aspirations of its…

Revamping The Nation’s Agricultural Sector

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

It is often said that we eat to live and not live to eat. Indeed, food, clothing and shelter are…

Misconception about Rwanda genocide and the Igbo agitation

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

After the genocide experience in 1994, Rwanda continues. In remembering its dead population during the ugly tragedy, a museum was…

Ohaneze Ndigbo’s Call For Withdrawal Of Military From Southeast An Affront on Nigerian Sovereignty

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

It's a known fact that the role of elders in ensuring social stability cannot be over-emphasized because like our people…

Nigerian Youth As Today’s Leaders

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

Apart from Afghanistan, Africa holds the record of having 20 of the countries with the youngest population, with Nigeria occupying…

Averting Environmental Disaster In Nigeria

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

“Mother Nature is just and fair to all. But I am not sure whether we reciprocate her kind gesture as…

Nigeria – Now That The Recession Is Over, What Next?

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

On Tuesday, the National Bureau of Statistics gave a lot of Nigerians the news they desperately wished to hear –…

Let’s Talk About Hate Speech

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Nigeria’s federal government has chosen to declare a war on hate speech. Some of its senior-most officers appear uncertain about…

Is the Nigerian Army Teachable?

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Umuahia. They said. We said.

Olubadan, History and the ‘Raw Data of Treachery’

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

I am trying so hard to understand what part of the reformation of the Ibadan Obaship and Chieftaincy institution some…

Recession: The Flipside of the Story

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The biggest news out of Nigeria, last week, was that of the national economy regaining strength and making a dramatic…

A President and His 32″ TV

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

When Bayo Omoboriowo, the restless personal photographer of President Muhammadu Buhari barged in on the president requesting to have his…

The Lie About Biafra

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

In an article in the Africa Journal of October 1946 titled Les Portuguaisdans la Baie de Biafra au XViemeSiecle (‘The…

Ighalo’s Yellow Card, Eagles Victory And Udom’s Persecution

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

Odion Ighalo knows that for several matches he has not scored for the Super Eagles, and was only returning to…

Ibadan Chieftaincy System At Crossroads

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

As the Bobajiro of Ibadanland since 1978 and the person who voluntarily in 2011 published the book Ibadan Traditional System:…

Dirty Secrets In the Cut-Off War

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Anyone reading the papers last week will be forgiven to think that the worst demons from hell have descended on…

The Opportunity Cost Of Godswill Akpabio International Stadium

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State is giving out the sum of $40,000.00 (N14 million based on the exchange…

Houston Calamity Flood And The Limit Of Science

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

Following mostly through international cable news media, the images of on-going Houston flood disaster are quite scary and heart shattering.…

Chief Judges have powers to release prisoners

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

During a recent media briefing the Comptroller General of the Nigerian Prison Service, Mr. J. Ahmed disclosed that out of…

Broda Jona’s Legacy

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

There is absolutely nothing new in the unrelenting altercations between the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress…

The Rats Are Not To Blame

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Throughout last week, it didn’t feel good to be Nigerian. On Tuesday, in particular, reading the international media was a…

My Random Thoughts…

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

I am sharing my thoughts in this article, not necessarily as the Governor of Lagos State but as a Nigerian;…

Lagos BRT and the Neglect of Ajah Metropolis

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The Lagos Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), since inception, has continued to enjoy city-wide patronage as the scheme expands in infrastructure,…

What’s The Fuss About Charlie Boy & Group Protest On Diezani?

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

Recently, one has observed a lot of public misgivings and the attendant comments on the proposed Charlie Boy and group…

Nigeria Has Enough Laws To Curb Hate Speeches

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

Top officials of the federal government and the various state governments have continued to express concern over the growing wave…

Buhari’s Last Chance

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

If the Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha, is offering advice on what President Muhammadu Buhari must do to rescue his…

Of Nigerian Rats And Akwa Ibom Noise Makers

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

When did Nigeria got reduced to this comedy theatre where our pride and integrity as civilized people could be bastardized…

Nigeria’s Unity Is Settled and Not Negotiable

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

My dear citizens, I am very grateful to God and to all Nigerians for their prayers. I am pleased to…

On Nigeria’s Dwindling Value System

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

Sometimes ago, there was a popular Nollywood movie with a thought-provoking and telling title: “Died Wretched but Buried in 3.2…

How Can Man Be Righteous? (1)

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Can a man born of woman be righteous? One of Job’s friends, Eliphaz, does not think so. He asks cynically:…

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