Opinion

After 15 years of uninterrupted democracy, it is important on this august occasion of May 29, 2014, to write this special letter on how to rescue our dear nation from the hands of unprepared and clueless leadership piloting the...

Exactly 386 days, or approximately 9,264 hours ago, President Goodluck Jonathan approved the appointment of then Nigeria’s representative to the African Human Rights Commission Mrs. Dupe Catherine Atoki to head the Nigeria’s Consumer Protection Council. Mrs. Dupe Catherine Atoki has...

The Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on November 20, 1989. The Convention defines a child as, “A person below the age of 18, unless the relevant laws recognize an...

Many think that their being in the world is just about leaving it a better or bad place. As a result, different persons make or do not make use of the opportunities that abound in the world characterized by...

On the 29th of May, it was democracy day and I was privileged to be part of an elite group, some of the best there is to offer in peace and conflict studies, inter-faith, comparative religion and terrorism were...

Permit me to begin this contribution with a mild criticism of those senior citizens and distinguished personalities that are making passionate appeals to the family members of Boko Haram. I am not one of those that supports the making...

According to the latest data from Nigeria’s Bureau of Statistics, NBS, 100 million Nigerians live below a dollar a day, and 112 million of an estimated 168 million Nigerians are poor. The poor are in overwhelming majority and should...

There is nothing more thrilling than being oneself at any given point in time. The Senate President, David Mark has proven that self-evidence maxim, even though negatively, that one must remain true to his ideology, however discredited. Clearing or...

It seems to me that we are on a long “moral holiday” reminiscent of the ancient Feast of Fools. The Feast, which had many cultural and historical variants, was generally marked by unrestrained hedonism and lawlessness. During its observance,...

Sweet Dieziani, Sweet Goodluck and Sweet Crude was the title of a piece I released for the Democracy Day of 2013 asking this woman to do something unique to fight poverty in Nigeria. I advised Dieziani Madueke to gather...