Opinion

#ZabarmariMassacre! The farm is a place of sowing and reaping, and the most unlikeliest haunt of the grim reaper. But at least 43 citizens who went harvesting on their farm in Borno on Saturday had their souls harvested by...

I really have never been a flower person This is because I have a phobia for snakes and felt they invite them I admire beautiful gardens but never wanted one But I had to do it afraid Five years ago, December I commissioned...

There are lots of explanations for societies, civilizations and anthropological evolution, but something else that really matters are ideas. What are the ideas of a people or society? Usually, it is said that everyone has ideas – true, because with cognition,...

In times past, few among Nigeria’s founding fathers recognized the pivotal role of education and the place of enlightenment in the order of a society. However, not only did those who did embrace the idea with passion, they were...

We saw how the revolution led by the late Jerry Rawlings in the early eighties cleaned up Ghana and made it the promising nation it is today; we all saw how the Arab Spring Revolution of 2010 brought sweeping...

The Presidency on its own scheduled the Tuesday 17th November meeting with the leaders and stakeholders of the South South zone including the governors, natural rulers, these people duly gathered in Port Harcourt but the Chief of Staff to...

“My brother, how you dey?” “What can we do?” “E ku recession” “Excuse me?” “I said er ku recession…” “Are you Yoruba people alright at all? You people always make a joke out of everything. Does recession look like a joke to you? Second...

You do not catch fish in anger... Sometime next week I would be one of the keynote speakers at an event with the broad topic Youth and politics, my section would deal with Youth and Identity Politics, in search of...

It is obvious that Nigerians are groaning in economic agony. Daily they keep marching, ‘suffering and smiling’ with so much anguish in their hearts. The gap between the rich and poor in Nigeria has widened so much that we...

Where actually is this government taking Nigerians to? All sorts of increments have now become the order of the day. Meanwhile, nothing serious is being done to arrest the unprecedented sleaze and incessant corruption in the system especially in...