Opinion

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...

You know my first love is and still remains the capital market. As a trader on the floor of the Nigerian Stock exchange, I use to love the excitement of closing deals, selling and buying, and haggling for shares So...

Allegations of blasphemy by Muslim and Christian believers have been in the news. In the past few years, persons accused of insulting Christian or Islamic religious gods or prophets have been threatened, attacked, killed, or imprisoned. These allegations have...

At each stage in our life, we build rafts to get us from one level to another—Pushing through boundaries (How to create epic outcomes in life and business). By Innocent Usar It has been a while since I read voraciously...