Opinion

I am not one to make much fuss about media reports beyond profiling and updates. By virtue of my profession, my involvement with virtual and terrestrial media – local and foreign – usually does not transcend the bounds of...

Bishop (Prof) Leonard Nwoma Umunna is the General Overseer of the Bible Life Church International and headquarters located at Ajegunle in Ajeromi- Ifelodun Local Government Area of Lagos State. He was born on the 25th of June 1954 at...

Dearest Tompolo, How are you and how is the family? Hope all is well. I am writing this letter to tell you that I am your greatest fan. Please do not mind all these people who are jealousing you. You...

Within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), events of the last two weeks have indeed brought out the worst among its leading lights. Some of them who have shared ideals and political camps for decades are now at both ends...

Let me state from the outset that after I read, in between the lines, the piece titled: “PDM, PDP and the Battle Ahead” in THISDAY, the Sunday newspaper of September 8, 2013, I came to an interesting conclusion that...

Nigeria is the giant of Africa in name, no doubt. But in action, Nigeria is more or less like a lame duck. For well over five decades, crude oil and other rich mineral resources have been discovered and exploited...

If you wanted proof that Nigeria is bereft of hope, look no further than this fact: that, on the Internet and elsewhere, many Nigerians have gone heady with celebration of the schism in the (misnamed) Peoples Democratic Party. All...

On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. mounted the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to deliver a speech entitled “Normalcy, Never Again.” That day, however, Martin Luther King, Jr. deviated from the “Normalcy” text to improvise what is...

At last, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) approved the registration of All Progressives Congress (APC) after so much hip hop, juju, and highlife with some comedy that dwarfs Baba Sala’s “Orun Moru.” Great footage is the key to any...

President Obama returned from G20 summit in St. Petersburg without a measurable progress in winning international hearts over a move to use military strike against Syria. Russia and China have continued to reject a military response against Syria. They...