Opinion

Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, for many reasons, will remain evergreen in our national memory. He was a maverick cultural icon that sought to illumine society’s conscience. He bravely spoke truth to power consistently. With his legendary Afro-beat creation, he fiercely fought...

The last forty eight hours has seen a rash of local and international activities by divergent stakeholders all aimed at addressing the increasing situation of mass killings by the armed insurgents in the North of Nigeria. The United Nations...

In every political society, parties are unavoidable. A difference of interests, real or supposed, is the most natural and fruitful source of them. The great object should be to combat the evil: 1. By establishing a political equality among...

These are the most heart rending times for the bellicose characters of the All Progressives Congress (APC); that so-called opposition party in Nigeria, as the suspicions of its romance with the dreaded Boko Haram continues to grow by the...

All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirant and publisher of the Leadership newspaper, Mr. Sam Nda-Isaiah, does not fail to impress the negative-minded persons when he chooses to deconstruct Nigeria and her present crop of leaders. He is scathing, and...

‘Keeping Jonathan as president of Nigeria is just like keeping a fake doctor’s practice open;’ this was my recent response to a die-hard trying to defend the deplorable status quo in Nigeria. Will we keep such doctor operating in...

A subject that cannot be freely discussed will not have q quick closure. It pays to put all cards on the table. A deferred discourse prolongs the problem. During Nigeria’s Independence Day celebrations last year, President Goodluck Jonathan caught many...

Beyond the books, I’ve had several fond memories of my encounter with Prof. Wole Soyinka. My first meeting with this global icon was in September 2005 at the Airport Hotel, Ikeja. On that day, he left an indelible memory...

Eightieth birthday is a special occasion and ideal opportunity to tell Wole Soyinka the first African to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, how much he means to us. When people think of Wole Soyinka, it’s probably as the author...

We are tired of hearing it. The world is tired of hearing this same pathetic song – that some elements against the current (in a series of many minority president’s Nigeria has had) ruler’s administration are behind Boko Haram...