Opinion

Land grabbing is not a new phenomenon. For centuries, communities have been intimidated to abandon – or have been forcibly removed from – their land. However we are now witnessing a new aggressive land grab, driven by high food...

Permit me to begin this contribution with the words of Senator Femi Okorounmu who is the Chairman of the President's Advisory Commitee on the National Conference. In the February 12th edition of the National Mirror Newspaper he said the...

Leaders in any society or country such as Nigeria are produced by and from the people. The people’s conduct or attitude in turn is the product or living examples of their society’s cultural system. The people’s or society’s value,...

A studied view of some Nigerian workers brings to the pellucid surface flotsam and jetsam of brazen and utter disregard for work ethics and professionalism. Pragmatic and religious observance of even common nuances, forms and rules of the work...

Just when the Jonathan government was celebrating the dummy they sold to Nigerians about a National Dialogue or when they thought they had hit a home run with their idea of a National Dialogue, Bola Tinubu returned to puncture...

In my last article I talked about Ali Baba the  character from the medieval Arabic literature Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.In the literature story   Ali Baba encountered 40 thieves and later became their  leader. In my last article, I...

The Bible's prohibitions against our misusing our sexuality are there to protect us, not to punish us. Scott Farhart, M.D., the author of Intimate and Unashamed, from which this article is adapted, has this to say: As a Christian...

The "Roadmap for Childhood Tuberculosis: Towards Zero Deaths" - the first-ever plan which specifically addresses TB in children and outlines the path towards zero deaths from childhood TB - was jointly launched on 1st October 2013, by the International...

When we heard they want to ban pure water sachets, we were not vaguely surprised. The cabal will take every business enjoyed by the middle and small business man; that is a foregone conclusion. The cabal want to widen...

It was the thriller maestro James Hadley Chase who wrote the novel, A Coffin from Hong Kong, in which Nelson Ryan a private investigator arrives his office to discover a dead Chinese girl, obviously murdered. With this development, Ryan...