Opinion

History has shown that we forget things easily in Nigeria. We do not remember things easily, we do not look at past events, and we move on as if yesterday never existed. Nigeria has gone through a chequered history,...

If there is one item among office holders in Nigeria that is so cheap to come by it is smooth talk. Few months back when Nigerian President blessed the country with a new defence chief the Adamawa state born...

With rising food prices and so many mouths to feed, Cameroon is grappling with a serious crisis. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) reports that prices of main food items have skyrocketed this year, some by up to 20% from...

For some 300,000 people leaving in 202 villages in Tanzania, change is coming. The leading fixed network operator in the country, the Tanzania Telecommunications Company (TTCL), has recently announced that it will invest over $6 million to upgrade telecom...

...WE are tired of ungubernatorial speeches For weeks I have been contemplating writing this letter, but discarded the idea 12 times. But since Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka says that, 'The man dies in all who keep silent in the face of...

It was not until August 4, last year, when he turned 80 that many Nigerians got to know, through publications in the print media, about the humble beginning, indeed, the grass-to-grace narrative of the Chairman of the Board of...

On Wednesday, July 29, 2014, the Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi signed into Law, the Local Government Council Bill. With this, 19 additional Local Governments had been created, making the state to have a total of 35...

The other day, a photo splash was done on Facebook showing leaders of western countries carrying their bags without assistance from their retinue of aides; but along with those photographs was one of President Goodluck Jonathan’s Aide de Camp...

Given the fact that many Nigerian pastors are title-maniac, it is surprising that no religious emperor from their league has officially designated himself a pope. Well, none may have arrogated the title, but many act like popes. One of...

Representing Anambra Central Senatorial District in the Senate, Senator Chris Nwabueze Ngige (Onwa, as he is fondly called) is 62. He was born on August 8 1952. He became a political figure in Nigeria, after winning the 2003 gubernatorial...