Opinion

The recent re-surfacing of Nnamdi Kanu, the uncouth leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) in Israel, raises more questions than answers: How did he escape from the raid by Nigerian security forces on his father’s compound on...

The title of this essay is elicited by the fact that the predilection of the All Progressive Congress, APC about the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar seems to be whether he has a valid visiting visa...

Taxation is the price which civilized communities pay for the opportunity of remaining civilized - Albert Bushnell Hart Nigeria has always been the victim, if she wasn't being suffocated to death by bad and directionless leadership, she would be exploited...

"Ifa kin puro, ifa kin se eke" (literarily translated as Ifa oracle neither lie, nor gossip) is a Yoruba mythology that has become a word made flesh which dwells among us(Nigerians) as it fittingly typifies the current political situation in the country. Although there is little left...

President Muhammadu Buhari last week rebuked religious leaders for in his words, poking their noses into political matters. He (Muhammadu Buhari) was certainly not abreast with the pride of place that a certain celebrated theologian Archbishop Oscar Romero has occupied...

With the conclusion of Parties Primaries and the emergence of Candidates for the various elective positions across the political spectrum of our country, we have finally entered into the home stretch of the 2019 election cycle. It is sincerely...

Life and its ironies and mysteries. How a man so full of life, so full of energy, with an unusual capacity for love and friendship would be snatched by death in his prime will remain the question on our...

The battle lines for 2019 have been drawn and the combatants are President Muhammadu Buhari/Osinbajo and Vice President Atiku Abubakar/Obi. The top tickets are both Northern Muslims supported by two Southern Christians. The Muslims consist of one conservative (almost...

I spent the better part of last Tuesday, October 16, focusing on developments in Ekiti State. It was the day of John Kayode Fayemi’s return to office as Governor of Ekiti State and his inauguration for a second-term, after...

Wonders, as they say, shall never end in Nigeria. I am so ashamed of myself. So much so that I feel like disappearing from the surface of the earth upon watching the video of the "almighty Nnamdi Kanu" of...