Opinion

Saturday, 2 November 2019, I detailed out the meat of the various Police statements Nuhu Ribadu wrote concerning the whopping $15m bribery he claimed he rejected while he was Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). His...

An Oshiomhole-Obaseki tussle is one between a maker and a faker. Two days ago, exactly a year before another round of gubernatorial contest in the Heart Beat of the Nation, it's shocking the entire Edo landscape boils with political tensions...

Democracy is earning the power to govern through free, fair and credible elections. Nigeria is a democratic state, but the leadership recruitment process is largely undemocratic. Material and financial inducements determines victory, the security agencies are political, and the...

For over two years now, I have gotten used to always supporting the military veterans who usually celebrate their Remembrance Day I think some time every January or so. There is this particular lady Air force operative that coordinates one...

One of the world's premier academic and research institutions, NILDS supports the sustenance of dynamic and effective Legislature in Nigeria (at Federal, State and Local level), and the ECOWAS sub-region. The National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) is...

Many Nigerians were taken aback on Tuesday, November 12 2019, when news filtered that the Hate Speech Bill, first introduced in March last year under the eighth Senate, passed the first hearing at the plenary. The Bill, entitled, “National...

The Senate, this week, achieved the seemingly difficult task of uniting Nigerians when it proposed a bill seeking the death penalty for hate speech offenders. People from all walks of life, proletariats and bourgeoisies irrespective of the political divide, joined...

Agriculture and rural development is one of the cardinal programmes of the President Muhammadu Buhari's government, he sees agriculture as a launching pad for Nigeria's socio-economic advancement. It would be recalled that as at the time he took over...

The senate marshalled by Ahmad Lawan has been convincing in confirming the stereotypes and assumptions about the institution. In July, I wrote about Lawan's obsequiousness and desperation to please President Buhari whom he described as his ''close friend''. I say again,...

"God has been so kind, the only way I can show my gratitude to Him is to use my resources to support those who are underprivileged. This I intend to do for the rest of my life. In a...