Opinion

There is no other country in the world where current politicians and their alter ego of crony businessmen steal and sell out the whole House, as they do in African countries. Most African Heads of State cannot differentiate personal...

The situation within the Ministry of Power superintended by the duo of Engineer Sale Mamman and Mr. Goddy Jedy-Agba in the last few weeks undoubtedly calls for concern. This unpleasant development portends danger for every critical sector of the...

“Every free society has a journalist.”- Agba Jalingo For living up to the responsibility of his vocation and professional calling and for also daring to report the sleaze observed in the five hundred million naira appropriated and approved for Cross River...

It’s a known fact that Nigeria operates a federal system of government with each federal unit enjoying some form of autonomy as provided for by the Constitution. Recently, there were hues and cries by Nigerian Governors Forum and some...

Through the implementation of various public sector financial management reforms, over N700bn had been saved by the Federal Government. In addition to the N700bn savings, about N300bn had been recovered by the anti-graft agencies of government through the collaborative...

To know about the road ahead, ask those coming back - Chinese proverb. Each time I read African historians' account on how civilization and development got to Africa, and compare same with that of many Europeans scholars, I often marvel...

The Buhari administration has given Nigerians a most unusual and disturbing New Year Gift, in the form of a proposed increase in electricity tariffs, enforceable from April by the Electricity Distribution Companies (Discos) and to be completed by the...

In this reflection I am using the phrase welcoming a ‘new decade’ very cautiously as I am mindful of the controversy over whether January 1 2020 should be regarded as the beginning of a new decade or the end...

Every citizen of a modern nation is a subject of the state. And once a state is formed, the citizens formulate ethical principles or virtues to be pursued, vices to be avoided and values to be cherished for the...

Lots of people fall into the trap of thinking Nigeria is a really terrible country. Some find ways to get another nationality. Some deny their origin, or ensure people don’t know they are from Nigeria. But, no matter what anyone sees...