Opinion

The flatulent size of the national assembly accents the orthodoxies and paradoxes of Nigeria. Nigeria's lawmakers are some of the highest paid in the world, in a country where about 100 million people live on less than a dollar...

I just returned from a short visit to Idoma land in Benue state in Central Nigeria. A medical doctor whom I met at a local conference in Ibadan drew my attention to the pervasive practice of witchcraft allegation and...

Improvised Explosive Devices are cheap and easy to manufacture Some of the most memorable images of the late Diana, Princess of Wales, show her wearing a protective suit while touring a minefield in Angola in 1997 to raise awareness of...

Community activist debunks cultural myths about autism I must admit that I did not know anything about autism until 2014 when, on a visit to South Africa, a friend told me that her son has autism spectrum disorder (ASD). I...

It is safe to say that a reason certain Universities in Africa have no impact on society is because the lecturers are sleeping with students, or interested in doing so. It is hard to understand how these structures of knowledge...

A peep into the history of attempts seeking regulation of non-profitable organizations (NPOs) in Nigeria will reveal that no bill has ever received the level of knocks like the NGO Bill sponsored by late Honorable Umar Buba Jibril and...

The last time I penned an open letter, it was to Uncle Timi Alaibe. In that letter, I urged him to be a true patriot and ambassador of the Ijaw nation and help build it for posterity by remembering...

No one is in any doubt that terrorism poses one of the gravest threats to humanity in today's world. Here in Nigeria, within a decade and a little, unconscionable acts of violence by persons pursuing heinous ideological, religious, and...

Last week, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, raised a lot of eyebrows when he advocated the use of prayers and "spiritual warfare" in the war against terrorist groups such as Boko Haram and the Islamic State's...

Let me start by confessing that recent events in Nigeria have not only shamed my trust, they have also shown how complicated we are as a people. In 2015, Muhammadu Buhari swore to “serve as president to all Nigerians” and uphold the...