Opinion

Kwankwaso and Fashola—a possible presidential ticket combo? I am not a politician; I careless, APC, PDP… frankly, I detest politicians. I simply value good people, the God-fearing and progressive leadership. I see possibility in this. I see hope. Hey, they may...

Politics and corruption, have for as long as we care to remember, been intertwined in the history of Nigeria, moreso since the birth of democracy on these shores. Catch a politician with his hand in the cookie jar and he'll...

Let us look into the mirrors. Real African billionaires ignored others’ wealth redistribution call. Their loot is badly needed to fly their corpse home. Not even the new Pope’s call on-dog-eat-dog mentality designed to impoverish in the midst of...

It is no longer in doubt that Nigerian politicians have near-infinite capacity for mischief. But what is new is the limit to which some politicians can push their luck through the erection of certain contraptions decorated as anti-graft institutions...

Do you know living in the most important moment makes us insane? Did you know that everything in world history has been converging on a little point known as right now? Today is the most important moment in world...

Yau da shi ya sa allura ginin rijiya (Hausa axiom) literally means doing a thing little by little made it possible for the needle to dig a well. In recent times I have read and watched with sadness the division...

For four months and still counting, all federal and state government run (public) universities were shut down by the industrial action commenced by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). One among many pecuniary issues/grudges that precipitated the...

A famous quotation by a political philosopher states that “Statesmen think of good governance and well being of the society, but politicians think of the next election.” To a significant extent, most politicians in Nigeria fits the above description by...

It is not often that I am left speechless and at a loss for words. Yet this is how I felt yesterday as my friend and brother Governor Segun Mimiko of Ondo state took me on a 5 hour...

“In sooth, I know not why I am so sad,” Antonio wonders at the outset of The Merchant of Venice. The scourge of corruption that is ravaging Nigeria makes good people like Sonala Olumhense so sad. He is not...