Opinion

Following the debate on a motion sponsored by Senator Kabir Barkiya from Katsina State during a plenary on "Urgent need to revamp the nation's comatose textile industry," the National Assembly has appealed to the Federal Government to provide the...

Everybody must wake up and ask why Nigeria has sunk so low, not only in Africa but around the world. Silently, even some Africans at home and in Diaspora lamented how a country that was expected to lift the...

First Osun. Then Kano. Now Kogi and Bayelsa states. The spate of violence during election brings doubt on Nigeria’s ability to get it right. Unlike other nations, Nigeria seems to have no magic formula; no means of solving a...

By next week it would be December, the month of Christmas, better put the last month of the year, so just some 30 plus days to the year 2020 and again we will be wishing ourselves the best of...

President Muhammadu Buhari's government record on the rule of law is chilling. Since assuming power on May 29, 2015, Mr Buhari has showed a stunning disregard for the rule of law and human rights, ignoring Nigerian judges on at...

The Federal Government decision to shut our land borders to arrest revenue loss, economic sabotage and other offences and criminal activities is a welcome development but, it must be pursued with all sense of seriousness, patriotism and zeal. No...

Power properly understood is nothing but, the ability to achieve a purpose. It is the strength required to bring about social, economic, political cultural and religious changes. What is needed is a realization that power without love is reckless...

The results of the Saturday November 16 2019 off-season polls in Kogi and Bayelsa States, as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission have, as expected, been mired in controversy. The two elections were marred by violence as projected...

The long-anticipated indictment of Prime Minister Netanyahu has finally come to pass. For three years, Netanyahu spared no effort to scuttle three criminal cases against him, but failed. These charges and their implications have now become rather clear. They...

A KENOTE ADDRESS DELIVERED AT 19th ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE NIGERIA NETWORK OF NGOs IN LAGOS ON 20TH NOVEMBER, 2019. INTRODUCTION The challenge of development is arguably one of the greatest challenges that has dominated world history. Human beings have always been...