Opinion

Somehow and, understandably, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, the national chair of our great party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), has become an issue in the ever-increasing conversations around leadership and reforms in our party.  He has also become the issue...

The major function of every government is maintaining peace and order. Whether in Europe, Asia, America or Africa societies, peace is a fundamental phenomenon that drives the progress of the society, for without it development is at stake. While peace...

Judeo-Christian, Hindu and Muslim religions created their wealth from the poor by aiding and abetting oppression. No continent still suffers under this subjugation of man more than Africans wherever they are. Relationship between slave/servants and masters has been interpreted...

One flaw that detracts from President Buhari's strengths is tardiness; especially, his dilatory response to matters of importance. This is where an appreciable weakness of the president lies. And most times, the response or actions that follow the intermissions...

Bola Ige left a legacy of a puritanical rhetorician in the nation’s politics. He spoke the proverbial Queen’s English with an uncommon cadence, matched with a clinical diction and easily caught the attention of listeners with a depth, laced...

The 'Olodo' analogy is at the heart of my conversation this week; Nigerians are a people that are easily blown by the wind. 'Olodo Rabata' is a phrase, I first heard from my mom in a small song, it...

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...