Opinion

- In India, 17 percent of female sex workers reported starting to sell sex under the age of 15 years. - In Maldives and Papua New Guinea, the median age reported among female sex workers ranged from 17-19 years (across...

After defaulting several times to meet targets for the eradication of two major epidemics, polio and guinea worm, Nigeria has finally broken the myth.  The report that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has finally declared Nigeria free from guinea-worm...

Coup plotter Aliyu Mohammed Gusau staged the Babangida military coup that ousted one of our better regimes, the Buhari-Idiagbon government in 1985. Aliyu Mohammed Gusau was a pivotal part of the Babangida dictatorial regime that embezzled billions of dollars and...

Chief David Oluwafemi Adewunmi Abdulateef Fani-Kayode (Femi Fani-Kayode, for short), former Special Assistant (Public Affairs) to former President Olusegun Obasanjo; former Minister of Culture and Tourism, and former Minister of Aviation, is truly a remarkable fellow.  Whenever he talks...

In the past few days, the federal government, and its head, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, have been receiving encomiums from all shades of groups in the country for signing the same sex prohibition bill into law.  Amongst these have...

Sometime ago, President Goodluck Jonathan, while attending a military ceremonial function, had remarked that he was not a military general.  Many analysts wondered if the president really understood the enormity of the power of the office he occupies. How...

Prior to his predicted ouster last Thursday, erstwhile national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, was seen–rightly or wrongly - as the clog in the wheel of the party’s progress. The all-powerful governors within the party...

One of the challenges facing an average citizen of this country is shelter.  Previous administrations, since independence, have attempted, to no avail, tackling the matter. The establishment of Mortgage Banks to deal with the challenges of providing shelter to...

Day by day it is becoming clearer that Nigerian President, Dr. Goodluck Ebelemi Jonathan may not be returned to his position if he decides to re-contest in 2015. You can take this to the bank. Here are my reasons....

Under previous administration in this country, the scourge of guinea worm infections has not only been a nightmare but also a pandemic that has ravaged the population of the nation. Despite concerted efforts by the World Health Organization (WHO),...