Opinion

Keen observers and genuine opposition to privatisation of the power sector must be giggling with smiles at the recent turn of events. Core investors of Electricity Distribution Companies are beginning to throw in the towel, after five years of...

FIFA 2018 cup matches are now over. The Nigerian team is back and Nigerian soccer fans stranded in Russia have been repatriated back to Nigeria, thanks to the Nigerian Federal Government. Super Eagles performance was just commensurate to the...

Every society in the words of George Soros needs some shared  values to hold it together. When such values disappear, the society becomes a mere simple equation without meaning. In the same breath, the Nigerian political space at independence despite being...

Like others, I have watched the mass movement of prominent Nigerians from their place of comfort to a zone of national sacrifice. This, to me, is the strength of the nation. We never allow a tyrant to destroy our...

Till date, no other definition of history has made as great an impact on me as what our history teacher, Mr. Nwosu taught us in January of 1971. "History", Nwosu starts in a husky voice, "is the record of...

One of the first things I learnt about leadership is the William Shakespeare  quotation that: "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them"  That again played out in Lome, Togo on July 31, when President...

Only a few years ago Tube travelers were stuck underground tonight after a power cut hit London. The power failure had a "serious" impact on the whole of the network. Rail services from major stations including Victoria, London Bridge and...

The West African leaders under the aegis of ECOWAS have chosen President Muhammad Buhari an ex-Military dictator and a strong supporter of the Fulani herdsmen a vicious killing gang, to be their leader. This is not the first time...

“As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered into him.  So Jesus told him, ‘What you are about to do, do quickly.’” John 13:27 (New International Version of the Holy Bible) Those who are conversant with the verse of the...

As headlines heralding horrific events like persistent gruesome murders of civilians by herdsmen militia ; unending suicide bombing by religious insurgents like Boko Haram ; and mind boggling sums of public funds looted by corrupt public officials in Nigeria...