Opinion

President Buhari’s recent call for ‘true federalism’ has left many people confused and wondering what his real intentions were. At an award ceremony organised by the All Progressives’ Governors’ Forum at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on May 10 2019, the President...

Mamadou Gouro Sidibé of Mali could have continued his comfortable life working for the French National Center for Scientific Research, but in 2017 he decided to return to his country to develop Lenali—a voice-based social network app. Unlike Facebook, Instagram...

The underdevelopment situation in Nigeria is overwhelming. The lives of many are a difficult, distressing experience. The country is supposed to come at underdevelopment with all kinds of programs, solutions, tests, products, etc. But poverty, for example, seems to be...

It is a known fact that Nigeria is peopled with highly ‘religious’ adherents, who somewhat become bigotry and fanatical; marked by excessive enthusiasm and intense devotion.  In every region of Nigeria, people competitively devout their time, energy and resources...

There are often thoughts that come to mind, questioning the essence of life. There are situations of maximum hopelessness that makes life seem unendurable. There are moments of total shame or impending grand shame that seems impossible to bear. The...

"We each exist for but a short time, and in that time explore but a small part of the whole universe. But humans are a curious species. We wonder, we seek answers, living in this vast world that is...

When in December 2011, yours sincerely had an opportunity of a lifetime to visit Israeli museum built in memory of the victims of the holocaust in Europe during the Second World War, our tour guide said the place was...

With the rest of the world  beginning to turn its back on petroleum products in favour of sustainable renewable energy sources the demand for oil in the coming years will drop: the current price of  crude oil stands at...

Politics aside, most poor people in the North of Nigeria have been fed the media impression that the current president Muhammadu Buhari is a man that likes transparency and fiscal responsibility. In local parlance, they call him "sai maigaskiya"...

I do not look into crystal balls. That is not my preoccupation.  I certainly lack the endowment of predicting the future. That enterprise is better left to the confident fortune-tellers. Agreed it is their forte, there is the possibility...