Opinion

It is no longer news that the Director-General of the Industrial Training Fund (ITF), Sir Joseph Ari, officially presented the ITF Mobile Android GSM smart phone to President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. During the presentation, the...

Nigeria is often regarded as a pioneer and exemplar in Africa in the use of power-sharing mechanisms and practices to promote inter-ethnic inclusiveness or discourage sectional imbalance and bias in decision-making processes. The ‘federal character’ principle, the allocation and rotation...

It will amount to an understatement to say that the Federal Government’s prompt response to some events, which occurred recently in the country, is commendable. The government deserves an accolade for its intelligent approach to preventing an impending civil...

RECEIVED consensus is that corruption is the hydra headed monster that has kept Nigeria – the ‘Giant’ of Africa from attaining its great potential. The first coup masterminded by the five majors led by Major Patrick Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu...

It is a common sight in Nigeria and indeed many developing nations to use kids as labourers or expose them to indecent activities such as traffic hawking, street trading, housemaids, domestic services, and okada- riding and in several nano,...

When a few weeks ago, President Muhammadu Buhari declared that those who seek to overwhelm and undermine the Nigerian state would soon be spoken to in the language that they will understand, this was immediately interpreted to serve as...

You can wager that one of my favourite songs of all time is the popular “One Moment in Time” – a song by American singer Whitney Houston, written by Albert Hammond and John Bettis, and produced by Narada Michael...

Although the Nigerian Constitution has evidently not assigned any definite or particular official responsibilities to deputy governors, apart from being in office just to assist or deputise for their principals, their roles are at the discretion of their bosses. The...

Is Nigeria under a spell never to know how to deploy her resources for the welfare and wellbeing of her citizenry? How do you reconcile that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is again coming up with the tale...

“Where have you been, you this guy?” “Omo, I no go deceive you. I just meet this girl wey dey turn my head. Shey you know, I no go deceive you. You don’t need to die to discover Heaven. Heaven...