Opinion

The right of every nation state to make internal legislation without interference from others is recognised under international law. This right defines the relationship that exists between international law and domestic legal systems and, more specifically, in determining which...

The recent Church bombing and deadly rampage across Borno and Adamawa remind us, lest we dare say we transiently forget, about the seriousness of the Boko Haram menace in Nigeria. Our dear nation is one of the most terrorized...

Some kind of a perfectly crafted proxy war is going on right now as I write in the city of Enugu and the war front will amaze you if you learn about it. Reason: This proxy battle is being...

In African culture, elders are the custodians of truth.  They are the moral guide to the society and they do all in their wisdom to engender peace and preserve the interests of the larger society.  Unfortunately, the various elders’...

The good, the bad and the ugly events of last year had come and gone, so were the issues that defined the year and held us together, including those legacies and milestones achieved by Nigeria’s First Lady, Dame Patience...

The nomenclatures of economic trading blocs are becoming numerous: It all started with G8, the great eight largest economies, G20 and then BRICS, organization of five major emerging national economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Now comes...

There is an African adage which says that it is the fly that refuses to heed advice that follows the corpse into the grave. Before the APC rally that took place in Ogoniland on Saturday, 25th January, 2014, elders...

I must confess that in the last few years I have been a secret admirer of Governor Babatunde Fashola for just two simple reasons: he has elevated governance in Nigeria to a very high pedestal so much so that...

I remember in those days at the Unibadan campus when we were doing out bits in campus journalism and we used to be thrilled by the breed of investigative journalists at Tell, Newswatch, and Punch who then risked their...

“We are...calling on Muslims in this part of the world to be well prepared because, very soon, we would launch a full scale war between the Muslims and the Christians.” Abubakar Shekau declared in February, 2011. In the interest of those...