Opinion

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is currently swimming in the tides of controversy around the issues of corruption, managerial incompetence, contract and procurement misconducts among a litany of other matters which have combined to cripple the motivation of...

I am a 40 year old woman; a mother, a wife, a working class citizen and a member of the fast disappearing middle class in Nigeria. I have voted only once in my life. Yes, just once! This was...

It takes strong determination and focus to deflate enemies unleashed from the pit of hell against a nation. It is a patriotic task for both the leaders and the governed. It can only work when both are in one...

An elderly man in a sleepy but egalitarian community was diagnosed for ulcer and cancer-related complications which of course, had excruciating pains as its companion. One fateful morning and still on his sick bed, the old man resolved not...

Women constitute an expansive block of the electorate in Nigeria. In some countries in the sub-region, this is the case as well. They often take the lead in voting in elections. For example, in the 2015 general election in Nigeria,...

In recent months and as the General Elections draw nigh, President Buhari and his team has insisted that economic growth under his presidency "is better than it has been in many decades," it has equally stood by the old...

When I was young, my friends and I used to be full of enthusiasm whenever the month of Ramadan approached. It was not actually because of the understood importance of the month or the spiritual rewards derivable from it....

There are no other people more critical of Africans than Africans. However, we have African cultures that delivered Africans from evil and save them from temptations. When it comes to sexual deviants, Africans are stricter than most cultures. The...

A successful and peaceful change of the government of the day is one of the indices that a democratizing society is successfully transiting to a mature democracy. This is why it was a major milestone for the country’s democracy...

I am  in mourning, especially since the Monday, May 14, 2018 massacres when well trained soldiers and snippers deliberately picked out youths and children,  and sent them to early graves. Ezz el-din Musa Mohamed Alsamaak was 14, Wisaal Fadl Ezzat Alsheikh Khalil, 15,...