Opinion

“A good government remains the greatest of human blessings, and no nation has ever enjoyed it” (Williams R. Inge). As 2015 draws near the political terrain is being heated up by the maneuvering of those seeking to be elected...

Where we are going—where we are coming from. To properly appreciate what the north and I believe Nigeria as a whole wants, we may benefit from a little history rehash: In 1966, a young soldier, Kaduna Nzeogwu attempted the first...

Barely few weeks ago, I was invited by an intimate friend to one of the much-admired and acclaimed modern Pentecostal churches somewhere at Badagry-Expressway in Lagos State to their weekly vigils which was tagged as “ Operation kill the...

“Justice without strength is helpless, strength without justice is tyrannical. Unable to make what is just strong, we have made what is strong, just” Pascal, Pensees (1670). “It is not enough to make policies, structures and systems, unless the...

Africa’s economic performance over the last decade has been remarkable, having reached an average growth of 5%. If this growth is maintained, projections indicate Africa’s GDP should increase approximately threefold by 2030 and sevenfold by 2050, outstripping Asia’s. Yet...

Do land, seeds and crops have a gender? Perhaps they do in sub-Saharan Africa, where women produce up to 80% of foodstuffs for household consumption and sale in local markets, according to a report by the World Bank and...

Recently, the President of the Senate, Senator David Bonaventure Mark spoke overtly in unmistaken terms, endorsing the transparent leadership of the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Mr. John Kennedy Opara. Precisely on 27th March, 2014,...

After reading through the list of delegates for the Nigerian Sovereign National Conference that social justice activists including myself have advocated for many years, my assessment is that the process has been stolen from the populace. Once again President...

This is not a sanctimonious attempt to earthen the drooling failings of Nigeria. The Nigeria I know is as clumsily and nebulously unwieldy as its problems. From the patrician orbit of leadership to the thrashed stratum of followership Nigeria...

Let us state right away that most Africans are blacks and that what I write applies to Africans and other black people from around the world. This essay does not just apply to African Americans. There are men and women...