Opinion

I join President Muhammadu Buhari and all lovers of democracy to congratulate Governor Godwin Obaseki on his re-election as the governor of Edo State. I also congratulate the good people of Edo State on the peaceful and successful conduct...

The curtain has now closed on the democratic soap opera that was the 2020 governorship election in Edo State. This was premium box office stuff. From the intrigues of dizzying defections to the fascinations of the makings and unmakings...

The last three months has seen a global movement built up a momentum against the indiscriminate extralegal killings of black Americans by the police. These series of worldwide advocacy campaigns were engineered by a notable campaign platform aptly called "Black...

I have become incurably addicted to relish failure of godfathers in the political arena for a reason: the concept refuses settlement in my thinking faculty. I don’t believe in the supremacy of power brokers. I believe the people constitute...

In the last few weeks, Nigerians have been inundated with cries of condemnation from the members of the proscribed Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), about the behind-the-scenes photos and a 12-minute-clip from the set of Nollywood movie titled, 'Fatal...

The pundits who had predicted the outcome and the nature of the Gubernatorial election in Edo State got it all wrong. The Edo 2020 election may well prove to be a turning point in the management of elections in...

When the government fears the people, it is liberty, when the people fear the government, it is tyranny. - Anonymous An opinion article "Unorthodox Governance; The APC Way" by this author appeared in some national dailies in the month of...

From a different angle, it is just two things – psychologically: needs and capture. There are regular life needs, food, sleep, work, relationships, leisure, medications, money, etc. But there are things that are captivating that take hold of the mind, and...

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...