Opinion

The term “Nation-Building” is both old and new. It has been fashionable in the 1960s, and it is taking a back seat right now. “Nation-Building” always has been a highly complex term, encompassing the description of historical experiences, a...

A lack of diversity afflicts most companies’ boards When a woman rises to the top rung of the traditionally all-male corporate ladder in Africa, it’s front-page news because women’s progress in business leadership on the continent continues to be achingly...

A lot of realignment is going on, so much happening in the political landscape. The timetable is out; many are doing their homework...others are rounding up class work. Many of Mr. President's blue blood will desert him and quite...

Could it be that some people while advancing their evil deeds want to hide under the Fulani Herdsman's Shield to get President Buhari out of power in 2019? If the above is the case, why then has it taken...

Until recently, the Muhammadu Buhari brand was, perhaps, the most potent and compelling brand in the country. In the north, he was "Mai Gaskiya" (truth avatar). Even as he never gave anyone scholarship, never built a vocational centre or...

Alex Ekwueme, Nigeria's venerable vice president from 1979 to 1983, gave up the ghost in a London hospital last November 19. It has taken me a whole two months to write a tribute in his memory because I have...

These are very difficult times in our country. Sad, mournful and dolorous times, as the New Year opened with killings in Rivers, Kaduna, Taraba, and Benue states, among others. Of course, there had been gruesome carnage on the Mambilla...

I was very rudely awakened from a deep sleep today's wee hours by a rash of text messages that boozed noisily for nearly a minute. These messages were six in number and came in torrents from family members and friends...

Last year I travelled to Kano. It was actually my second time and the circumstances were a bit different. In the first instance, I was passing through to another state in the North, and for anyone who has read...

Preparations would have reached top gears for the celebration of the 79th birthday celebration of the late former governor of Oyo State, Alhaji Lamidi Onaolapo Adesina if he were alive. He was born January 20th, 1939. Baba Lam was...