Opinion

On the 6th of June 2019, Dr. Bukola Saraki presided over the 8th Senate for the last time and took a graceful bow from the red chamber. Four years ago, Dr. Saraki upset permutations and predictions to edge out...

"The principles of a free constitution are irrecoverably lost, when the legislative power is nominated by the executive." – Edward Gibbon (British MP, between 1774 and 1784) Following the overwhelming victory of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the...

After a hectic, challenging and most eventful electioneering campaign season spanning between late 2017 to the conclusion of the general elections in March 2019, Nigerians witnessed yet another transition of power (in some quarters) or continuity (as the case...

The Buhari presidency's animus against AIT has a four-year history. On April 26, 2015, a reporter and a cameraman of the TV station were stopped from covering the affairs of then President-elect Buhari at the Defence House. And since...

I haven’t met the governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, before. My closest to “meeting” him is seeing him speak on television. I also read stories about him in the print media. Until anointed governorship candidate of the...

There is a lot of confidence with smartness. There is an abundance of strength with a collection of smarts. There’s a convincing and fascinating power with exceptional smartness. The magic of smartness stokes extensive appeal. It is almost impossible to...

Gordon S. Black of the University of Rochester, in his theory of political ambition; Career choices and role of structural incentives’’ posited that; as a politician rises to new positions of power and prominence, his motives for seeking political...

Individual achievements without carrying your people along is nothing to cheer about. What many Africans worship, admire and desire most is everything foreign to them: culture, religion, language, schools, awards, degrees, countries’ aids and loans to pay outrageous emolument...

Despite the fact we're living in the 21st century the ugly issue of domestic violence against women ( - and sometimes men!) is on the increase and growing to epidemic levels. The main perpetrators of this crime are some Men who...

With right-wing populism being mainstreamed across the world – there is a genuine fear that separatist agitations (micro-nationalism) may be mainstreamed in the country if Buhari does not get things right in his second term in office. Separatist agitations around...