Opinion

His voice has gone grave since his friend, Mbu Joseph Mbu, was tossed out of Rivers State, as the Commissioner for Police in the state, under obtrusive circumstances. That’s Barr. Ezebunwo Nyesom Wike, the Supervising Minister for Education. When Mbu...

As the Boko Haram “intifada” continues to transmogrify in monstrosity; upping the ante in barbarism and savagery, more Nigerians, undoubtedly, will be martyred. This is not a prognosis of doom, but a cringing deduction from the exegesis of the...

The alleged rift in the Nigerian security team follows the “normal Nigerian situation”: insubordination, ignorance, lack of integrity, lack of protocol, unpatriotic action, bloated egos leading to confrontation, and lack of respect. The truth will eventually emerge and the public...

One of the earliest lessons I learned from my father, Ilogebe Ogbonnia, the Ikeoha, is that a habit of excuses is an existential catalyst for failure. Nowhere is this adage more evident than the attitude of Nigerian opposition parties...

Last week, as one with a great interest in learning from our leaders, I was drawn to an interview in some local newspapers, not that I like reading interviews, but more because there was something about either the title...

Dear Mr President, A PETITION AGAINST THE EXCLUSION OF NDPVF, NDPSF, MOSOP, IYC AND MASSOB FROM THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE DELEGATES LIST It is with the highest sense of patriotic conviction that I write to convey my reservations against The National Conference...

I have followed with a keen interest the controversies and debates that followed Professor Wole Soyinka’s latest piece titled; I regret my share of this National insult after President Jonathan honored the late General Abacha during the Centenary celebration...

Since the outbreak of violent attacks by the Boko Haram insurgents in 2009, the group’s mode of operation, style and pace have changed markedly. Whereas, in the beginning, the attacks were wider in scope and directed mainly at government...

I’m often taken aback when some of my Nigerian readers respond to my column by noting a failure to offer solutions. These fairly frequent responses are stated as complaints. It’s as if everything would turn out just fine, the...

Nigeria’s ministries, ministers and law makers are the highest paid in the entire world. Equipment purchases and renovations for these departments run into billions with computers purchased at triple global prices and then ‘replaced’ again with each year’s budget. In...