Opinion

Alliances can make or mar us. Jehoshaphat king of Judah (south of Israel) was a man who sought the face of God. He was a decent ruler. But his yoking with kings of base virtue ruined his legacy. In particular,...

Nigeria’s former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, will not stop amazing Nigerians! In yet another in the series of what could be described as ‘speaking truth to power’, Obasanjo recently berated the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration for mismanaging the country’s diversity. According...

What is logical in politics is not always practical, what is practical is not always right. What is right is not always ethical, what is ethical is not always desired and what is desired takes us back to what...

One of the most strategic services that defines a country is the capacity to provide good enough emergency response mechanisms in times of either natural or man-made disasters. A first responder is a real life superhero, so say the authors...

Since the arrest of Mubarak Bala, I have repeatedly challenged Muslims on my Facebook and Twitter pages. I have asked these Mohammedans if they would like to be treated in countries where they are in the minority the way...

In the human story, goodbyes are usually simple, touching transitions. But deploying quirky hubris, cant and divisiveness, the outgoing Edo State governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki has ignobly tried to change the narrative. I was reading the book of Daniel...

They say "money can't buy you love," if money can, Kiddwaya, son of one time London socialite, billionaire Terry Waya, would still be in the Big Brother Naija Lockdown house. Kiddwaya was evicted two weeks before the end of...

When the legendary musician and revolutionary singer, Sonny Okosuns, dropped the hit song, “Papa’s Land”, little did he know that the song would capture the public mood in his beloved Edo State at this time. In a few days,...

The campaigns of the first-tier contenders in the Edo governorship election have been largely ensconced in the agitprop of godfatherism. While Godwin Obaseki, incumbent governor of the state, claims he is wrestling against the forces of recidivism who have...

"Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it"-George Santayana The killing of notorious Benue bandit, Terwase Akwaza alias “Gana” hasn't drawn much sympathy, though no one expected it to. However, an article in last Saturday's Vanguard Newspaper...