Opinion

An unprecedented wave of mergers among world’s top GMO producers worries regulators Professor Richard Mulwa knows his way around scientifically modified seeds—also known as genetically modified organisms (GMOs). In his laboratory at Egerton University in Kenya, the professor, who has...

I read one of President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministers say that his boss is poised to seek re-election in 2019.  Before his poorly-packaged, unsolicited public service announcement, there were media reports that former Rivers governor and current minister of Transport,...

Information and communications technology has become indispensable to our modern life, we critically depend on information and communications infrastructure in planning our personal lives, our societies, business activities and running critical infrastructures. This is the simple reason why governments of...

Since Nigeria distorted her independence structure, in time, she is unable to reach her group goal of Peace, unity and prosperity. Every structure is designed to grant the needed capacity to achieve set goals. It is customized to the...

A lot has been said about religion in Africa, and how Africans are so addicted to spiritual and magical beliefs. There has been an overwhelming focus on the manifestations of religious fervour in Africa. Unfortunately, very little attention has...

In less than six months time, active political gymnastics would start across the country in preparation for the 2019 General Elections. I am talking about party primaries which is one way of pruning down the number of aspirants who have...

Argument has gone back and fort on those behind killer herdsmen who have managed to establish human slaughter slabs almost in every major city capital in Nigeria. Some people "unfairly" opined that security operatives have turned a blind eye...

The Yoruba have a way of encouraging any man or woman to trudge on in battle.  They could use the talking drum or verbal renditions to call on the hero or heroine to look back to see the rearguards.  In epic...

From “Africa Reeling” to “Africa Rising,” there’s a new narrative for the African continent, now showing promising signs of sustainable growth under more stable governments. McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm, predicts that Africa’s combined GDP will be...

On December 5, 2017, three wise men came from the East. They had come to see me at the State House, Abuja. Who were they, and what message did they bear? Surely, not gold, frankincense and myrrh. Those are...