Opinion

Being an address delivered by His Excellency, Atiku Abubakar, Vice President of Nigeria 1999-2007 at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) on Wednesday April 25, 2018. Protocol: I thank the Royal Institute of International Affairs for giving me this...

It took America over a decade to hunt for Al Qaeda leader, Osama Bin Laden, the mastermind of the terrorists attacks on World Trade Center and the Pentagon House, September 11, 2001, also popularly referred to as 9/11 attacks....

Not only in developing countries, where human existence is still sort of primordial, but globally, men are wont to ask, what human society as embodied in the state holds for them. In other words, why does the state exist?...

Recently, the immediate-past governor of Katsina State, Ibrahim Shema, called a press conference whereby for the umpteenth time he alleged being persecuted by his successor Aminu Bello Masari. In a statement signed by the head of his media team, Oluwabusola...

I have watched with deep awe the needless controversy generated by the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi’s declaration few days back where he said he could be regarded or called an Emir. First, it is important to...

Each time I ponder over the marriage of two unwilling brides who had no say in their forceful union- amalgamation of the northern and the southern protectorates on the 14th February 1914, a day set aside to celebrate love...

The federal government of Nigeria recently released names of alleged looters of the commonwealth of the nation with the hint that another list would be made public in due course. How soon the list or even the third and...

The invasion of the hallowed chambers of the Senate on Wednesday while the distinguished were in session, was dramatic but not unexpected. We are lucky that the invaders were not out to physically attack the Senators, otherwise, there might   have been some...

These are tough times for the opposition Peoples Democratic Party. Her internal politics has created challenges, which have further compounded her push to dethrone the ruling All Progressive Congress next year. The defection to the Social Democratic Party by some...

A strong indication of both the quality and failure of politics in Nigeria, as the people look forward to the next general elections in 2019, is the manner in which virtually “every” Nigerian believes that he or she is...