Opinion

An immediate observable unintended consequence of the just concluded World Economic Forum for Africa (WEFA) was the unprecedented scale of interest of the global media to Nigeria’s hitherto local affairs. A major area of focus of the international media was...

The hypocrisy of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is on full display and the world should join me in a collective act of SMH (Shaking My Head). The selective amnesia of the ruling party is pathetic, shameful and highly...

African leaders take action that may transform the mining The Hollywood blockbuster movie, Blood Diamond, tells a gripping story of how diamonds fuelled Sierra Leone’s 11-year civil war which erupted in 1991. It depicts kidnappings, use of child soldiers, amputations,...

When the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby was asked by a BBC journalist on what he saw about Nigeria at 100, he quickly identified the three major things he saw as challenges which he described as ‘Tripod challenges’. These...

Though the Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, has spoken, the race has not ended. It has just begun. I have followed the reactions of many Lagosians to Oba Akiolu’s open endorsement of the Former Accountant General of Lagos...

IF you ever thought that one smart, educated person cannot change the world, then you need to consider the life of former South Africa President - the late Nelson Mandela - a man who has suffered the slings of...

We have been following developments since the abduction almost a month ago of over 200 students from the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State. In the first instance, it appears because the kidnap incidence happened on the night of...

On Wednesday, 14th day of May, 2014, reports went round the country that an army general, the General Officer Commanding, GOC of the 7 division of the Nigerian Army in Borno State, Major General Ahmed Mohammed’s official vehicle was...

While patriotism to the Nigerian cause can no longer be considered a given, there still some patriotic individuals and institutions who will give their lives to die for this nation, because they believe in the entity called Nigeria. No doubt,...

There appears to be a growing trend in this country. As I reflect on the last few weeks in our nation’s history, something about it seems hauntingly familiar, and it’s not merely the apparent unity of the Nigerian people...