Opinion

Dear Governor Okowa, a very good day to you and here’s to wishing you well on your second tenure as governor of our beloved state Delta. We are constrained to write this letter to you publicly because of the...

It is no longer news that one of the brawls that characterized the 8th National Assembly was the alleged ‘stealing’ of the mace, which is deemed to be the symbol of authority of the Senate by Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, the...

Was the clean-up a Greek gift? President Muhammadu Buhari’s announcement of the decision to implement the environmental clean-up caused great euphoria across Ogoniland. It was nonetheless accepted with caution if not scepticism by some people. Many Ogonis thought of it...

Security is everybody's business. No individual, group, institution or organisation is nugatory in matters of security.  All efforts are needed and all hands must be forged into one fist in the pursuit of peace. In fact, it imperils security if...

Current State of Ogoni: In one of Ogoni folktales, we are told that an old woman went to the forest to fetch firewood and almost used a snake as a rope. The story says after the old woman had gathered...

Sometimes, I prefer to allow certain media publications pass without the necessary reactions.  But I have burdened myself by ardently believing in the axiom that silence, means consent or approval of an act which falls prostrate before reason, facts,...

There must be something about political power that makes otherwise good men to act contrary to expectations once in power. And it can be very dispiriting.  Let me mention immediately that I do not know Governor Emeka Ihedioha from...

The Multi-purpose Hall, in Alapere, a Lagos suburb, venue of the stage drama was filled to the brim. The stage was lavishly decorated to impress, and it did impress. Guests were relaxed in their sitting positions. They said little...

The governor of Oyo state, Engr. Seyi Makinde, came to power with some panache. He won election on a new wave of populism which swept the reins of power from the All Progressives Congress (APC) thus breaching the plan...

The commonest word in US media outlets is dictatorship. Open any page of any newspaper for any day or read any online blog and the word "dictator" or versions of it, is everywhere. The reason this is so is...