Opinion

So I waited to see who wins the PDP's flag for the presidential race come February next year, and the winner is HE Abubakar Atiku, former Vice President, former this and former that, and He is a muslim, and...

Developing a thriving democracy is not an easy task. There can be no quick fixes or short cuts. These are the most important lessons that we have learnt in our 58 years as an independent nation, President Muhammadu Buhari in...

Whenever it said that Journalists are Endangered Species, I now know that the statement is just a euphemism. The truth is that Journalists are always in war zones. And to effectively practise in a very dangerous zone like Plateau...

Sub-Saharan Africa will not reach the poverty goals until the year 2147 - 129 years from now, and 117 years after the Sustainable Development Goals ought to have been achieved. 117 – 129 years of tardiness is monumental failure....

The journey to the political demise of the governor of Lagos state Akinwunmi Ambode has been titivating and salacious, bitter and sweet. The former because, if it’s a plot or storyline in a Nollywood movie, it would be a blockbuster....

Nigeria’s main opposition political party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lost power to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2015, after ruling the nation for 16 years. As the 2019 presidential election race gains speed, the PDP has...

Looking for just anybody to bet his house that this is the end of Yekini Amoda Ogunlere (alias Tinubu) in Lagos after Ambode succumbed, only some people would offer their houses. Most people would rather “siddon look” and others...

Democracy is anchored in strong balancing systems such as independent electoral platform, free and fair judiciary, independent civil services, equal and co-partners in legislature, Presidency, and judiciary among others. If the structure is sound and strong, democracy can withstand...

It is of course globally accepted that the legislature is an essential arm of the presidential system of government. In fact, to many scholars, of all the arms of government in a democracy, the legislature is considered the most...

It is difficult suppressing a yawn of boredom when tracking recent media reportage on the so-called crises in the governing All Progressives Congress, APC. Add to this scenario, the opposition's lip-smacking spins of imminent implosion of the party -...