Opinion

Except we want to continue to deceive ourselves, the north-south relations in this country are defined by mutual incomprehension and the current jostling for the presidential ticket of both the ruling All progressive Congress(APC) and the opposition Peoples Democratic...

Ndi Igbo. We know how to jinx a good thing. Perhaps, it is our seeming indomitability, boisterousness and Thanos-will that seduce us to think everyone must believe in what we believe in and must act and think in consonance...

Since January, I have been approached by investors and project owners alike who are looking to get projects funded or deals flowing. At the same time, I have been trying to estimate using available data the gap between infrastructure...

Not a few Nigerians were thrown into shock and utter disbelief about two weeks ago when the National Council of State rose from its meeting in Abuja and announced that a national census would be conducted in April 2023,...

It is a kaleidoscope – the pattern keeps mutating. Nigeria’s politics should be among the most unpredictable, intriguing and exhilarating. There are more smokescreens than actual smoke; more pawns than real players; more masquerades than true pipers and more...

There cannot be politics without money, no doubt. But a situation where money is placed above every other factor is not democracy. It is a move towards plutocracy, where the government is in the hands of the richest class...

Little by little, the haze on the political landscape is clearing. The race for the apex and most coveted political office in Nigeria, the largest democracy in Africa, is gathering momentum. With regards to the awaited primary election of...

A plus ça change. Leadership fails, followership fails; society atrophies and nothing changes. Why? We keep reinventing purgatory, because we are either too complacent or too self-absorbed to interrogate the real issues of leadership, divorcing provincial proclivities. We want...

At the moment, Edo North Senatorial sweepstakes are on the boil, courtesy of Mr Adams Oshiomhole, who chose to become a leader in Hell rather than to be a servant in Paradise. It's the way of primitive ethnic warlords,...

Aside from partisan political affiliations and/or tribal lineation, anyone who still thinks it's not time to call this government to order over its reckless borrowing binge, obviously does not mean well for this country. Is it not absurd that for...