Opinion

In some other lands and climes, elections are held on weekdays, in which people cast their votes, and proceed to the office, or other places of endeavor. But here, we must first die many times before our death, when elections approach. Many are the doomsday scenarios painted, that we do...

I watched with utter surprise and some disappointment, Governor Nasiru El-Rufai’s comment on Arise News last week that the APC has not kept its 2015 promise of Restructuring because of the activities of some fifth columnists within the party. He specifically mentioned Dr. Bukola Saraki who was President of...

Year 2023 will mark 24th anniversary of return of democracy in Kwara state and Nigeria. Sadly, a particular region out of the three senatorial districts in the State has been a victim of injustice and imbalance in terms of political leadership of the State, despite the contributions of this district...

Saturday, 3rd September, 2022 was historic in Yobe State and a day to remember for the people of the state and their guests. The atmosphere was ecstatic as a mammoth crowd gathered at a reception held in Gashua by the state government in honour of one of the great...

Over 160 million people – more than half of the country’s current estimated population – are at risk of yellow fever in Nigeria, reports by the World Health Organisation (WHO) Africa Region have recently highlighted. Lately, the yellow fever virus has become of serious global health concern more because...

In medieval times, leprosy was considered as a punishment by God for sin or slander which is why the infected were mostly ostracized from the society and lived in seclusion because they represent calamity and misfortune. In present day, there are gifted hands who everything they touch turns to gold...

When I read through a book titled "Rewire Your Brain," written by John B. Arden, Ph.D., talking about a revolution occurring in brain science, I disagreed with the thought that the brain you were born with was the brain you would die with and that the brain cells you...

Election time represents a season for all characters to offload their opinion on the populace, because then everyone has suddenly acquired the right to volunteer perspective on issues and persons they scarcely know. Therefore, I am not surprised when a friend drew my attention to a disjointed piece written...

In my response to H.E Alh. Abdulfatah Ahmed, at the Summit on Friday, I told him that the summit, is the loudest and clearest referendum from the youth of Kwara, on the choice we would make in 2023, and that the uncommon passion, zeal, and energy that I saw...

I like the theme for this year’s International Youth Day which we mark today: ‘International Solidarity: Creating a World for all Ages’. It is very appropriate for this inaugural ‘Omoluabi Summit’ which has as its theme, ‘Character as Leadership’. Both character and leadership are for the young and the...