Opinion

It is sad that Olorunda Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Badagry local Government Area of Lagos State under the chairmanship of Hon. Abudu Amida who is presently serving his second tenure and aiming to go for House of...

Within hours of his announcement as the Emir of Kano, friends of controversial former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, especially of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have been thronging Kano, exultingly waving their newly won...

One great secret of success in life? Constancy of purpose. That is the word of wisdom from Benjamin Disraeli. Also, according to the thinker, Ron Karenga anyone who wants to achieve enduring landmarks along the chequered lanes of life,...

The January 8, 2014 edition of Punch newspaper revealed the secret and vicious agenda of All Progressives Congress (APC), a claim which had been substantiated by an Islamic cleric, Yusuf Garba, and the Religious Equity Promotion Council which exposed...

There is a sense in which the name of the malaise afflicting Nigeria is Biafra. I have argued before—and I must do so again—that Nigeria’s refusal to confront and address the sore of the Biafran War is the chief...

Public enemies are citizens that derive joy in public disorder,create enmity among tribes, promote sectionalism and widen religious divide between citizens for selfish benefits. They love anarchy than peace and gain from negative occurrences. They mostly hide under the banner...

At the turn of this century when the death toll on the world’s roads hit 3400 per day and nearly 1.3 million with up to 50 million injured every year, the United Nations General Assembly on May 10, 2010...

The three essential functions perform by the media are that of information, education and entertainment. These are the conventional social functions the media render to the public anywhere in the world. In performing these functions, the media in Nigeria has...

Traffic in Uyo on Fridays, especially late afternoon, is usually a case study. Ibrahim Babangida Avenue often receives a large chunk of this cake of vehicular congestion obviously due to the State Secretariat Complex that sits at the end...

I was in a café in Barcelona when I heard the news: Facebook acquires Whatsapp for $19b! The fact that the acquisition story circulated within the same news cycle as the civil unrest in Ukraine was weirdly ironic.  Jan...