Opinion

As the race towards getting a successor for the incumbent governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, hots up, one person stands out among aspirants jostling to replace him. He is former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr...

The Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) 2020 currently at the floor of the National Assembly is proposing that a trust fund, called the 'Host Community Development Trust Fund', be set up, where the oil and gas companies also referred to...

Members of the community where I live did not start a vigilante group because the Nigerian minister of Defence asked us to protect ourselves. We decided to over the spate of robberies we were experiencing in our community in...

Genocides or mass killings do not just happen. They are usually harbingered by conspiracy theories of ethnic and religious complexions, sentiments, skewed perceptions and assumptions. Are all these ingredients of doom present in today's Nigeria? Yes, very much so....

Last Thursday, the Zamfara State parliament purportedly passed a vote of no confidence on the National Security Adviser (NSA), retired Major General Babagana Monguno, allegedly over the state of insecurity in the state. The resolution, among others, followed a...

One of Africa's globally celebrated novelist and erudite scholar, Chinua Achebe spewed this timeless maxim in one of his novels; "The man of the people is not about Harvard or Cambridge degrees; but the man that speaks and understands...

The level of insecurity in our country is at such a frightening stage that in a recent travel advisory to her citizens, the Canadian authorities directed her nationals not to engage in non-essential visits to Nigeria. It is not that...

"The amalgamation of southern and northern protectorates inextricably complicated Nigeria's destiny" - Chinua Achebe, 2012. THE PROGERIA phenomenon aptly captures the Nigerian dilemma. Progeria, also called the Hutchinson-Gilford Syndrome, is a progressive genetic disorder that causes children to age rapidly....

In May 2020, Lucien Kabuga, an 86 years old Rwandan fugitive was captured in France. Kabuga had been a fugitive for 26 years. He had been sought by Interpol, FBI, the international crimes tribunal, the Rwanda government and an...

There is every indication that the unguarded spirited moves in certain quarters, to present a common candidate for Edo Central, to succeed the incumbent Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, come 2024 Governorship Election, will spell doom for the...