Opinion

I told you before that as a young man one of the artists I followed his music is the late legendary Afro-beat maestro Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Fela did a lot of songs, most of which are about the misrule...

Did General Badeh really believe the Boko Haram Generals that they just found Our Girls? What worked even before international pressure was the confrontation between Joint Chief of Staff and the Defense Minister, Boko Haram General Gusau. It was...

Nigeria is a state at war. There’s no profit in continuing to deny it. There’s no point in sugarcoating the bitter, bloody fact. The immediate war theaters are Abuja and Jos and a large swathe of the restive northeast of...

Frankly put, when millions of good citizens are forced to run from and be displaced by a handful of terrorists, it implies one of two things: either someone at the head of that society is callous – benefitting from...

When Professor Wole Soyinka takes the centre-stage, he expects to be listened to, and because he hides beneath the genre of entertainers who seek to use the mastery of English Language and Boko Haram to catch the ears of...

How time flies! In a matter of days, Governor Godswill Akpabio’s top shelf administration will be numbered in days. Days that certainly shall run with the speed of seconds. And that is the reality of power – it melts...

Today, we celebrate the re-birth of our nation’s democracy. On this day, fifteen years ago, the world watched as Nigeria ushered in a new era of government chosen by the people – after countless years of military dictatorships. Democracy Day...

Women are a precious gift from God but there are some things that all men need to know. Women are by far the deeper and more powerful of the two sexes. No matter how strong a man thinks he...

As the hour draws nigh, as the westward winds expose the furo of the fowl, as impeachment beckons, her majesty invokes the ordinances: Thou shalt not insult my husband, for the lord put him there. Shall we likewise not insult...

Discipline is a word that stares at the face of the unprepared. It invokes awe and upon occasions is the only weapon of success. The Oxford Dictionary meaning of the word is “bring under control, train to obedience and drill”....