Category: Opinion

The truth is that a people’s revolution is inevitable. It may not happen overnight, but the signs are clear. The level of suffering is unsustainable. Families cannot afford food. Workers cannot survive on their salaries. Students are losing hope in education. The healthcare system is collapsing. Security is failing. The…

In the midst of Nigeria’s complex socio-political landscape, marked by entrenched corruption and systemic injustices, a revolutionary approach has emerged, championed by Omoyele Sowore. This paradigm shift seeks not to perpetuate violence or destruction, but to dissolve the existing corrupt system that has been imposed upon the Nigerian people by…

When Comfort Emmanson boarded her Ibom Air flight that day, she could never have imagined that a routine trip would spiral into a public humiliation, an arrest, and an experience that would place her at the center of a national conversation about dignity, power, and justice in Nigeria. What happened…

As a human rights activist, I am compelled to address the glaring issue of public fund mismanagement that has plagued our nation for far too long. The Tinubu government’s recent decision to gift players $100,000 each, along with a three-bedroom flat, despite the 30% prize money, raises serious questions about…

The news filtered in announcing the death of Buhari in a London hospital. As expected, his remains were packaged and returned for burial in the country, two years after he left power. His health challenges were never disclosed to Nigerians. The Punch newspaper reports that between 2015 and 2022, he…

Once again, the Nigerian federal government is speaking in big grammar and grand declarations, this time through the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Mr. Adegboyega Oyetola. He has pledged to end fish importation, boost local production, empower women and youth, and reposition aquaculture as a core driver of food…

Some VCs definitely profit from student crisis.If not, how can a peaceful protest by students against astronomical hike in their school fees lead to suspension from school in this global age of democratic rights of expression? Laughable indeed. When the culture of peaceful protest against wrongs takes flight, the university…

The flag that hates the poor but kowtow to the rogue leaders, the influencial and the super rich. It does not go half down when hundreds and thousands of citizens are massacred by terrorists and their bandits or when killed in national disaster, but quickly flown half mast when one…