Opinion

On 27 November 1995, a calm voice issued this jarring statement on the BBC: “Abacha is sitting on a volcano. And I am going to explode it underneath him.” It belonged to Nelson Mandela. He was 77, and had...

Nigeria currently runs one of the largest bureaucracies in the developing World so much so that there are over three dozen cabinet level ministers working in the Executive Council of the Federation headed by President Good luck Jonathan and...

Nigeria and Nigerians are in trouble. Seriously we are in for a row deal. The desire by this APC to grasp power by any and all means possible is frightening! Just read and scrutinise the  statements being by the APC...

My friend of over four years who works in one of the first generation financial institutions in the nation's capital of Abuja and goes by the name Mr. Stan called me up on the phone a little after 5am...

I have never heard of a thing more stupid or embarrassing than a governor of a central bank of Nigeria not understanding how revenue from crude oil is administered. Sanusi Lamido exposed his ignorance and shallowness after days to...

December 16, 2013 President Olusegun Obasanjo GCFR Former President of Federal Republic of Nigeria Hilltop Mansion, Abeokuta, Ogun State RE: MR PRESIDENT! MAY I REMIND YOU Your Excellency, having perused carefully your open 18 paged letter to Mr. President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, it dawned on...

Any writer worth his/her salt ought to draw wisdom, superior intellectual strength and inspiration from works of accomplished masters in the diverse fields of human endeavours both in times past and contemporary periods. With that trend of thought, I have...

From the outset, I must offer an apology for the grave moral offense of seeming to bracket the late sage, Nelson Mandela, with Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan. In a way, the decision was not mine, but Mr. Obasanjo’s. Last...

We assume that the aim of any debate engaged in by grown up people and, in this case the Nigerian debate; should be to find and apply reasonable and practical solutions to the real problem of Nigeria. We do...

Senator Bello Hayatu Gwarzo is the chief whip of senate, the 7th National Assembly from 2012 to date and also awarded with an honour of Chief order of Niger (CON) by the President Goodluck Jonathan; he is the pioneer...