Opinion

The Boko Haram terrorist movement released a latest video to update Nigeria on their current status. In it they claimed the formation of a nonsensical caliphate, plagiarizing from the concurrently running operations of fellow loony ISIS terrorists in Iraq...

This may be regarded as the second part of my 'epistle', about Mr Aniekan Umana, Akwa Ibom state's Honourable Commissioner for Information and Communications. The other time, I took set out to celebrate a thoroughbred professional, media guru and...

Minorities are up in fiery protests over yet another point-blank killing of an unarmed US African-American youth. This is one more instance in many in which unarmed US minority youth have been summarily killed by US police. In February of...

It is all over the social and traditional media that Nigerian soldiers 480 of them are presently taking refuge in Cameroon over 'overwhelming' powers of Boko Haram. The circumstance leading to the soldiers fleeing have only managed to further...

The recent death of Michael Brown in an encounter with the police in Ferguson Missouri has sparked another round of protests mainly by African Americans. The reaction to Michael Brown’s death is the same as the reaction to similar...

Reading through the article by Mr “famous” Azubuike Ishiekwene in the Leadership of Friday, August 22, 2014, titled ‘Gwoza Wives Fighting With Bare Hands’, one would not be in any doubt that he has serious grouse and disdain for...

Progress will come when agreements are implemented Among Africa’s policy wonks, underperforming trade across the continent within the region is a favoured subject. To unravel the puzzle, they reel off facts and figures at conferences and workshops, pinpoint trade hurdles...

The ongoing war between Israel and Hamas is only reinforcing the notion that unlike previous ceasefire agreements, preventing repeated violent confrontations requires a fundamental change in the status quo. Hamas’ demand for the complete lifting of the blockade and...

Few months ago, myself and numerous other writers who were not privileged to grace the sacred meeting where the ‘suspension’ of the then Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam (as at then was) Sanusi Lamido Sanusi was...

When Nigeria's leading airline, Arik Air commenced operations on October 30, 2006, citizens, likewise foreigners heaved a sigh of relief. It was the final arrival of the long-awaited large bird-like machines; fresh wine in a new glass though on...