Opinion

After going through the column of Festus Eriye, of The Nation Newspapers, dated Sunday, May 11, 2014, I do not need to be told that he was only doing his master’s bidding. While everyone across the globe has hailed...

For someone like Gabriel Tanimu Aduda (GTA), the Director of Economic Research and Policy Management in the Federal Ministry of Finance, it never rains but it pours. This is a man who has worked assiduously over the years and...

Democracy which was supposed to be the government of the people, for the people and by the people has a different definition in Abia State. To Governor Theodore Orji, it is a government of my friends, family members and...

The goose and the gander are indeed lucky birds. So also are the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) and the Boko Haram insurgents; especially so for the Boko Haram insurgents who took up arms against...

Politicians in Nigeria never learn, at least they never learn in time. Nigeria is now divided, not into two parts, but more. Safety of life has become very doubtful. The heart of many Nigerians is becoming calloused with deep-seated...

Empirical evidence shows that over the years women have been relegated to the background in politics and the overall development, especially in the developing nations like Nigeria. This is borne out of the sentimental attachment on feminine gender. Also, historical...

Usman Dan Fodio is adulated today in many parts of West Africa as a radical, whose brand of Muslim religion was different from the Muslim he met before 19th century. Africans religions were not by force or tulasi. The...

The first way to prevent human rights violation is adequate knowledge of human rights. As we all know, information and knowledge, they say is power. What do we mean by know your rights? it simply means that, you have...

“Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Science without humanity, Knowledge without character, Politics without principle, Commerce without morality, Worship without sacrifice.” –Mahatma Gandhi The All Progressives Congress party today holds the best hope that Nigerians have to send the Jonathan led...

Nigeria has long been walking and working toward freedom, growth and development- the walk and work seem endless and all anticipations have been weakened by the decay in the society. As much as Nigeria’s leadership is structurally weak and...