Category: Opinion
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IT’S WOMEN’S DAY, BUT WHEN WILL OUR TIME COME?!
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International Women’s Day is a day set aside annually to talk about women’s struggle, celebrate the struggles won and give focus to issues such as gender equality, reproductive rights, sexual and gender based violence and abuse against women. The last #16DaysofActivism was themed “Towards 30 years of the Beijing Declaration…
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Why the Nigerian Senate Should Be Scrapped Immediately
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The Nigerian Senate, once envisioned as a key pillar of democracy, has degenerated into an institution that serves the interests of a privileged few rather than the Nigerian people. Instead of being a beacon of legislative excellence, it has become a center for corruption, financial wastage, and political oppression. The…
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A Senate of Sexual Harassment Mob? – Written by Adeola Soetan
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Dismissing a heavy sexual harassment petition by Natasha against Akpabio on technical ground by the senate, is a tacit admission of guilt by Senator Akpabio and his pro-sexual harassment morally hollow senate chamber. It’s like a university senate dismissing a sexual harassment petition by a female student against her lecturer…
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SENATOR NATASHA’S SUSPENSION IS ILLEGAL, WRITTEN BY FESTUS OGUN
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The suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghen for six months by the Senate over alleged violation of Senate Standing Rules is illegal and arbitrary. Curiously, Senator Godswill Akpabio whom Senator Natasha accused of sexual harassment spearheaded the entire suspension exercise. To be clear, the position of the law is that the…
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The Real Meaning of Party Supremacy, Written by Adeola Soetan
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In 1979, Chief Obafemi Awolowo wanted Chief Alayande as Oyo State UPN gubernatorial candidate. However, some party members wanted Bola Ige. Bola Ige won the primaries and became governor. Awolowo embraced Bola Ige as one of his core lieutenants and the party moved forward. In Kwara state, Chief Olawoyin was…
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The Yele Show, Written by Obi Nna
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I still maintain that Nigeria is far from when someone can vote and hope that it counts, very very very far. But for those of you who have a different opinion, I will ask the same question I asked shortly before the last presidential selection.VWhy don’t you give Omoyele Sowore…
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How General Ibrahim Babangida’s Wheat Flour Ban Crippled Nigeria’s Economy and Deepened Suffering – by Ufezime Nelson Ubi
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During his time as Nigeria’s military head of state, General Ibrahim Babangida made a series of economic decisions that had devastating consequences for the country. One of the most damaging was his ban on the importation of wheat flour, a move that led to the collapse of numerous bakeries, threw…
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The Unfinished Business of June 12: A Call for Accountability, Written by Ogundipe Daniel
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Twenty-eight years have passed since the annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential election, an event that marked a turning point in Nigeria’s struggle for democracy. Moshood Abiola, the presumed winner of that election, was denied his rightful place as president, and the country was plunged into a dark period…
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Five Reasons Why IBB Should Not Be Celebrated, Written by Festus Afofun
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IBB oversaw the brutal assassination of Dele Giwa, a veteran investigative journalist who exposed the criminalities of IBB and his cronies. The ravaging calamity that befalls Nigeria as a country since the colonial era is the act of re-writing history. The Nigerian ruling elites have successfully rewritten Nigeria’s history by…
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OSUN LG CRISIS: NO LEGAL, CONSTITUTIONAL BASIS FOR FORCEFUL TAKEOVER, Written By Festus Ogun, Esq
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Following the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Akure Division, delivered on February 10 2025, there appears to be a deliberate attempt by desperate political elements in Osun State to cause a constitutional crisis and breakdown of law and order in the state. I have taken my time to read…