Opinion

Sequel to requests by friends on social media asking my view about the ongoing crisis between Dr. Bukola Saraki, the son of late Kwara strong man Dr. Olusola Saraki, and the boss of Federal Character Commission (FCC), Professor Abdulraheem...

Permit me to start with a caveat. My background and orientation means I’ll always be “biased” in favour of quality education. I am a firm believer in the revolutionary power of education. My father was a teacher, all my...

It was on a Friday, the 1ST Nov. 2013, time was 8:45 pm. As a devoted Roman Catholic by the grace of God, I had attended mass in the morning to mark the All Saints Day. I was supposed...

It is my humble opinion that a union of diverse peoples, if voluntarily negotiated in good faith, and with all fears - real or imagined - and interests taken account of on the basis of equality, justice and fair...

In 1997, Olusegun Obasanjo blatantly refused to accept the candidature of Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi as the gubernatorial candidate of his ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for Rivers State.  In fact, the former president refused to hand the symbolic party...

There’s a relationship between the quality of a people’s imagination – their dream of themselves – and their material condition. It’s possible to say, show me what and how a people think and I can tell you the state...

In the latest update in the Punch, It appears about N50bn is “missing” while the “N500bn” was paid to states. We are watching our money closely. But as the case unravels; the scare of the “missing N500bn Sure-P” funds...

** Where are the children of the Obasanjo's, IBB's, Ojukwu's, Abiola's, TY Danjuma's, David Mark's, Anenih's etc? How come it is mostly the children of poor citIzen's that uplift Nigeria's image? ** The victory of these young Nigeria Under-17 Team...

“…The hungry child with stomach ache is busy pointing at his head and complaining of headache”. Local adage ‘Wetin’ is a word in local parlance that means many things, it is tone dependent, and it is also a circumstantial word,...

“…I came with a vengeance to undo the wrongs of the past. Since the creation of the State, Ibibio people have been in control of power, and by the time I finish being the Governor, there won’t be anything...