Opinion

There is no doubt, almost all Nigerians want imminent and practical change beyond daily promises from respective governments. However, the mood for change is evident from small villages to big cities where poverty, disease, crime rate, lack of social...

The perception and understanding of the deadly Ebola virus became more apparent in Nigeria with the arrival and demise of Mr. Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian - American Ebola patient who flew in to Lagos, Nigeria and subsequently died on...

The build-up to the Osun State gubernatorial election was very frightening to all peace loving citizens not only in the state but across the country. The party in government, the All Progressives Congress (APC) approached this election with a...

Around the streets of Osogbo, Modakeke, Ife, Ede and even far away in Bourdillonian Circus, the beats of victory and sounds of jubilation has continued to roar in a tempo similar to the echoes felt that day in Pompeii...

They say the colonialist conquered Africa by the means of gunpowder from Arabia/Asia and germs. Hygiene was not a virtue in Europe. The Queen of England is famed to have said she only had a bathe once a month,...

The practice of democracy does not in any way guarantee that the government will always do what is best in the public interest. However, the curious fact remains that if a government is thought competent, its orders are readily...

The public primary schools just came out of a strike over unpaid wages that lasted almost a year. Pupils dropping out of school into their parents farms and doing other menial jobs to keep busy and support the family...

Kome zurfin ruwa, da yashi a ciki. However deep the water, there’s always sand in it. Ba a hada gudu da susar katara It is impossible to race more than your speed This is my final take in a three-part series treaty to...

People usually carelessly refer to a “northern leadership,” like such body exists. A certain spook body that sets itself up and positions itself to procure certain advantage for its people. A so-called northern leadership that ensured northerners led Nigeria...

If anybody had any doubt whether President Goodluck Jonathan will run for re-election in 2015, Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Board of Trustees, Chief (Dr) Tony Anenih, has put such doubts to rest. Speaking at a recent gathering...