Opinion

The often unexpected splatter of anger over some of the most inconsequential stuff, describes how angry the world has become. People seem so angry. People seem so bitter. People seem so hateful. People are almost regularly disgruntled. There is a sense...

The twentieth century drew to a close with America's erstwhile Queen of Daytime Television Oprah Winfrey clutching a coveted trophy - proclaimed "Woman of the Century" (by Newsweek magazine) and "arguably the world's most powerful woman" (by Time.com and CNN). As...

"Nigeria is not at peace and unity and cooperation with itself. Great chasms yawn between ethnographic, ethnofaith and ethnocentric groups. Our unhappy Nigeria is torn and tortured, and the peoples of this country walk in fear lest, through no...

I have met and interviewed Mr. Chibuike Amaechi on several occasions. The last time we talked was in Providence Rhode Island during one of Achebe's Colloquiums. My goal at that interview was to present Governor Amaechi with facts that...

The Guardian and Daily Sun leads of Monday, May 20, 2019 titled: “Senate leadership: Legislators disagree over voting method” and “Senate leadership tussle gets messy…Ndume, Lawan’s camps in intense lobby over voting method,” respectively, provide the basis for this article. The camps of...

Conspiracy theories are the palm oil of Nigeria's politics. They give taste to falsehood, tension, fear and unrest. And often, they are ignorantly eaten, regurgitated and spewed by the unwary. On December 11, 2013, former President Olusegun Obasanjo wrote a...

The endorsement by former Abia governor and Senator-elect, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu, of Senator Ahmad Lawan’s candidature for senate presidency in the 9th National Assembly is quite significant. It gives a strategic geo-political advantage to Lawan in the potentially gusty...

As a kid growing up in the rusty but sleepy town of Kafanchan, Kaduna State, the epicenter of the unrelenting spectre of Moslems versus Christians' fratricidal warfare,  I became fascinated by the effervescent stories of the greatness of the...

Obasanjo has a way of falling out with every government in power – and he has literarily played a role in the making of most of the leaders of the country since he stepped aside from office as a...

Caribbean influence leaves its mark as popular Afro rhythms develop It’s Sunday night at Aba House, an open-air bar in Lomé, Togo’s capital, and stylish young men and women in modern African dress fill the dance floor as the bass...