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Opinion: It is just 14 years in prison. You can do it
by Saatah Nubari To all the gay proponents out there, I’m not mad that you’ve decided to support an abhorring act as this. I just wish your parents were gay. And to all you pro-gay Nigerians, who want...
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Opinion: But wait, is homosexuality not part of our culture?
by Eloho Omowande Omame Make no mistake, what we have done is to take individual freedoms from a section of our society and protect our right to abuse, restrict, harass and oppress that minority by...
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Opinion: Man City are scoring the goals but Arsenal looks good to win the league
by Lee Hurley The fact is there are only 16 games left to go in the league and Arsenal are top. They’ve played everyone once and they have collected more points than anyone else so far. Not just this...
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Opinion: Dear Gov. Mimiko, Ido-Ani people are suffering
by Olapeju Olasunkanmi Dear Governor Olusegun Mimiko, Foremost, I note that your government has brought about appreciable level of development in Ondo state. Also, there is no gainsaying the fact...
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Opinion: Homosexuality is not an easy sell in places like Nigeria
by Ose Oyamendan Imagine what would happen today if you stand in a crowded marketplace and sing, “I’m gay and I know it!” You surely won’t be carted off to a singing talent competition. In Nigeria,...
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Opinion: Boko Haram is a wrong conception of Islam
by Amir-Abdurrahman More so, the “heroic” acts of Boko Haram and Shekau will not in anyway contribute to a religion that has already been in existence for centuries and stood through the worst...
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Idiareno Atimomo: Brands that made us dance
by Idiareno Atimomo I fear that some musicians craft is being diminished by their association with brands. I won’t cite examples but it’s clear that when your focus shifts from delighting your...
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Femi Aribisala: Why Buhari will never be President of Nigeria
by Femi Aribisala His threats during the campaign for the 2011 elections incited widespread violence in the North after he lost. His supporters went on a rampage; looting and killing; in spite of the...
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Opinion: Let the Western world grant Nigerian gays their citizenship
by Akin Babajide Let us reason together. How long will it take the Western world and other societies that have embraced homosexuality and bestiality to go into extinction since it is impracticable for...
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Opinion: The wider implications of Nigeria’s anti-gay law
by Jaye Gaskia But there are even much wider implications for this law. It means that dissidents, who are involved in legitimate opposition to corruption, impunity in governance, reckless killing of...
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Opinion: The political options before us in 2015
by Bamidele Ademola-Olateju Jonathan opts out of the 2015 race for fear of upset at the convention, owning to the specter of humiliating losses at the presidential elections, withdrawal of support by...
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Opinion: Personal integrity is the solution to Nigeria’s problems
by Anjola Ogunsanwo Well, today, I proffer integrity as a solution to all the challenges we are facing and yet to face in Nigeria. Socio-economic challenges have been a major setback to this country’s...
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Perry Brimah: World superpowers ignore HIV epidemic among blacks, especially...
by Perry Brimah For reasons yet unexplained fully by epidemiologists and social scientists, Blacks are disproportionally at greatest risk of infections with HIV and AIDS death. The numbers are simply...
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#YNaijaLegal: A legal review of the same sex marriage law
by Uzochiel Uriel Okoroma The Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act does not criminalize or prohibit homosexuality in itself, it only prohibits homosexual ‘marriages’, civil unions and other...
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Reno Omokri: Same sex marriage – Who be government teacher?
by Reno Omokri So when foreign Oped pieces lampoon the Nigerian Legislature as well as the Federal Government, rather than hold these opinion pieces as proof that an error was made with the signing...
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Elnathan John: One long New Year’s day (A short story)
by Elnathan John Now every time you try to use the microwave, you think of cancer and malignant tumors taking over your organs and your father staring down angrily but with concern in the hospital,...
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Olusegun Adeniyi: Gays, lesbians and the rest of us
by Olusegun Adeniyi Notwithstanding my misgivings, if it comes to taking a stand, I am not a supporter of LGBT rights; because I pray that the day never comes when either of my two daughters would...
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Dele Agekameh: Tukur as the PDP sacrificial lamb
by Dele Agekameh Perhaps, only the President, for whom he was a cheerleader, will, most certainly, miss him. In the last few months, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has been engulfed in crises....
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Lai Mohammed: The Presidency and its dubious self appraisal
by Lai Mohammed This latest outburst of the President may have been necessitated by the unrelenting barrage of criticisms from the main opposition All Progressives Congress, his own Peoples Democratic...
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Femi Falana: You don’t need police permit for rallies in Nigeria
b y Femi Falana Thus, by virtue of section 1 of the Act the Commissioner of Police or any other police officer could not issue a licence or permit for any meeting or rally without the authority of the...
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