Opinion

The emergence of Atiku Abubakar has understandably excited the opposition, and indeed the ruling party, whose officials couldn’t resist the urge to quickly react to the news. Festus Keyamo, Spokesman of the President Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organization said the...

In July 2016, the Nigerian government inaugurated the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC), as the administration’s flagship initiative to reform the business environment. The PEBEC, chaired by Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo was also to attract investment and...

It has been over two months since Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari issued Executive Order 6 of 2018.  The stated purpose of the Executive Order was the “preservation of suspicious assets connected with corruption and other relevant offences”. In furtherance...

I cannot situate exactly how I first encountered this phrase: “Strange liberators”, but I think it was while studying the words and speeches of Martin Luther King Jnr where it was used as a title for a piece on...

Humanity today, has far  better communication system than it did 73 years ago when the United Nations (UN) was founded to enhance dialogue and peace, yet it is today, more fractured. In reflecting this tragedy, the UN Secretary General...

At the weekend, I got into a very lengthy conversation with my younger brother currently based abroad and who left Nigeria when his life became endangered by open threats made by some Islamists responsible for the spate of violent...

In life, there are times one feels sober. There are also times one feels elevated by events around. In the past two weeks or so, I have derived joy from three spectacular national and international happenings. My joy from...

In the absence of a widely-accepted alternative, it is best to stick to the word, restructuring, that loosely-mouthed word in our recent political lexicon which some see as the cure-all elixir to purge Nigeria of all ills. General Sani...

THE emergence of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as the Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) standard bearer offers Nigerians the delicate option of choosing between two devils: President Muhammadu Buhari and Atiku Abubakar. A few months ago, Mr. Atiku returned to the...

Five million fellow  Africans in Western Cameroon are between the hard hitting hammer of the Cameroonian military and security forces, and the anvil of an armed opposition that has risen to defend the victims.    With unending military operations, life...