Opinion

All the clever rationalisations and justifications in the world for presenting a muslim/muslim ticket will not enable us to escape this ugly tag. As a matter of fact they will simply confirm it. We have a lot of work...

These beans are not delicious, these beans are not delicious, yet the coiffure at the occiput is shaking vigorously. (A person's actions towards a person or thing belie his or her detracting comments; if one claims to dislike something...

''The last notable Christian-Christian ticket was Awolowo-Umeadi in 1979 and the last notable Muslim-Muslim ticket was Abiola-Kingibe in 1993. You can figure out the rest. But let the optimists know that reality always trounces wishful hope in political contests....

There is a general climate of lawlessness, anarchy and apprehension in Nigeria. These negative but frightening feelings among the majority of Nigerians are occasioned by the seemingly unrelenting regime of impunity and the apparent failure of law enforcement mechanisms. This...

I am trying very hard to understand this… perhaps I am a bit slow. I read and re-read the media release from the Mr Aminu Jalal, the Director-general of NAC (National Automotive Council), looking for where he mentioned that...

It could pass for another yearly ritual- the birthday of David Mark- which comes up on Tuesday, April 8.  But, somehow, the ritual has not lost its quintessence.  It has continued to reinforce its profound meaning in the context...

Whenever the President of Nigeria travels overseas to ‘represent’ the nation, its people hold on to their seats fearful of what the outcome will be. So far it has been one of two things; a. President Jonathan gets drunk...

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,...

At the national conference, it was week two and the drama continued, from where it stopped in the first week. We had been treated to the dramatics of language of debate and women had protested marginalization, so with the ball...

It seems that women are held up to different standards in this country. A woman in any position of power is judged not just by her competence or her contributions but by some other less palatable standards. And when...