OPINION

Opinion By Elijah Udofia Saturday, July 4, 2020, is a day the people of Abeokuta, particularly those living very close to the city’s waterways, would not forget in a hurry. Like in the days of Noah, the floodgates were opened and the showers came down heavily, causing floods of havoc …

Opinion By: Ademola Orunbon It is no longer news that the Nigerian girl-child has suddenly become an endangered species. No thanks to the daily assault and all forms of abuse directed against her especially rape, violence, child labour, ignorance, disease, malnutrition, maltreatment, you name it. The media is replete with …

Opinion By: Momodu Kazeem International Youth Day is an awareness day designated by the United Nations. The purpose of the day is to draw attention to a given set of cultural and legal issues surrounding youth. The first IYD was observed on 12 August, 2000. It is an annual celebration …

Opinion By Emmanuel Nwachukwu The e-commerce revolution which sparked off in 1994 with a meagre $12.48 worth of transactions, has grown to a whopping $27 trillion market in 2020, according to eMarketer’s rating. Although the revolution started in the United States, it quickly extended to many countries in Europe and …

Opinion By: Ademola Orunbon It is no longer news that the Nigerian girl-child has suddenly become an endangered species. No thanks to the daily assault and all forms of abuse directed against her especially rape, violence, child labour, ignorance, disease, malnutrition, maltreatment, you name it. The media is replete with …

Opinion By Babatunde Odubanwo Like a number of people, I found the story about the misinformation on ‘Nimie’, a 200-level Physics undergraduate of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) very depressing. Reading a couple of tweets about her the penultimate week, I was almost entrapped in the cauldron of social media …

Opinion By Oluwaseun Boye Drugs, according to Wikipedia, are referred to as substances that cause a change in an organism’s physiology or psychology when consumed. They are typically distinguished from food and substances that provide nutritional support. Consumption of drugs can be via inhalation, injection, smoking, ingestion, and absorption via …

Opinion: By: Mrs. Abolanle Ogunlami For the government of any society to develop and successfully discharge its statutory responsibility of providing social amenities and infrastructure, every strata of that society, peopled by diverse groups and playing different roles must be ready to sacrifice and perform their constitutional duties to make …

Opinion By Steve Osuji Let me confess upfront that I am one of those Nigerians who doesn’t honour this prophet. But let me also state that I don’t count one bit. His mega church in the dingy Ikotun-Egbe suburb of Lagos mainland is always filled to the brim anyways – …

Opinion: By Ezedi Udom The World Bank in a 2019 joint research with e-Commerce giant, Alibaba, reaffirmed the huge benefits of e-Commerce as a potent instrument for job creation, improved quality of human life and economic growth in developing countries. The report titled, ‘E-Commerce Development: Experience from China’, stated that …