Opinion

The leaders of the All Progressives Congress ( APC) to my mind think  that the rest of Nigerians are fools. They believe  that other Nigerians lack the power to think, make deductions and take a position.  It is on...

The deeply polarized and highly partisan tone of the recent politics in Edo State due to petty partisan squabbling for power harms the Edo people and voters. This remains troubling for a land that is historically, traditionally and characteristically known...

Today is exactly 35 days since Buhari was inaugurated for a second term in office. It is also exactly 127 days (more than four months) since the President was presented a Certificate of Return by the Independent National Electoral...

Politicking in Edo is unpredictable. So troublesome it is such that the bombastic Patrick Obahiagbon (a.k.a. Igodomigodo) is wont to describe it as a state of ‘filaga filogo’ (an expression in his Benin language for a-free-for-all, in which broken bottles...

The power game in the Femi Gbajabiamila-led House of Representatives is a throwback to the politicking that defined the emergence of Senator Evan(s) Enwerem as President of the Senate in 1999 at the expense of Senator Chuba Okadigbo who...

'Creativity is 'thinking up new things', innovation is 'doing new things'. In any society, there is no shortage of creativity or creative people; what is in short supply are innovators. These scarce people are the ones, who have the...

The issue of rape as a prevailing social scourge in Nigeria once again took the front burner of public discourse within past few days on the heels of disclosure by Busola Dakolo, the wife of the talented musician, Mr....

It is no longer news that several states in Nigeria, especially the north-central, have for the past four years come under intense, continuous, coordinated and unabated attacks allegedly by the Fulani herdsmen. Most of these unprovoked attacks often leave...

Democracy is about equity and justice. Equity connotes equality in the distribution of resources while fair deal is when the majority doesn't dwarf the minority in the scheme of things. That equity is done is justice itself to the man...

Senator Elisha Abbo’s behavior is deplorable. This is not debatable. The footage that’s been released of him violently beating a woman inside a shop is simultaneously shocking and familiar for many (African) women. It’s obvious that this vicious behavior...