Opinion

Last year on June 3rd 2012 there was a plane crash in Nigeria in which over 163 people were killed. The plane was owned by Dana Air. The day before that on June 2nd 2012 a Nigerian cargo plane...

The "Roadmap for Childhood Tuberculosis: Towards Zero Deaths" - the first ever plan which specifically addresses TB in children and outlines the path towards zero deaths from childhood TB - was jointly launched on 1st October 2013, in Washington...

Salisu nestles under a baobab tree which is at the centre of Kagua village, Bize in Borno state, Nigeria. It is a sunless afternoon. The humming wind cruises right about him, and dry leaves touchdown as if betokening the...

Permit me to begin this contribution by quoting a portion of an essay that I wrote on 26 September 2011 which was titled ''On Goodluck Jonathan, David and Goliath''. The portion reads as follows. ''A few days ago from the...

It amazes me why people do not always like to come to equity with clean hands; otherwise, the Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM), which courted controversy from the manner it was secretly registered as a political party behind the back...

A responsible government gives incentives to potential manufacturers to encourage them to venture into valuable and competitive production. Not Nigeria. In Nigeria the government compresses the masses and phases out the middle class to entice the cabal and potential...

Nigerian flag Nigerian flag The management and staff of Africa Political and Economic Strategic Center (Afripol) conveyed a message of goodwill and sustainability to the people of Nigeria on the 53 years anniversary of the country’s independent. At 53 Nigeria is...

On Sunday, September 29, 2013, President Goodluck Jonathan hosted a five-member interview panel in the latest edition of the presidential media chat, which was more refreshing than the previous ones for many reasons that I will not be preoccupied...

Ali Baba is a character from medieval Arabic literature. He is described in the adventure tale of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. This story has been used as a popular story pantomime plot such as in the pantomime/musical...

Like a soldier that has just returned from the war front, I was engaged in the past-time of admiring what looked like a 'war trophy' that is a colorfully made 1,148 page book I recently bought in Enugu during...