Opinion

Chains by any other name would still hurt as much. As a person I am a cautious optimist on "project Nigeria", although it is one that I put my whole heart on, despite the counsel of a statesman who once...

For the last two years, any constant listener of Radio Biafra, when hosted by Nnamdi Kanu, would have discerned three very critical themes behind his broadcasts. The first is the hate and derision directed against a group he terms...

In Nigeria, my enemy's enemy is my friend. That is what is currently the case in Nigeria as regards ‎recent political events, especially within the camp of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. People always want to say and...

Until the recent declaration by Nigeria's military that the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is a terrorist group, members have been operating with impunity particularly in the South-Eastern part of the country. Before the skirmish and eventually onslaught against...

When, lately, Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, slammed former President Olusegun Obasanjo for trivialising the agitations of Nigeria's constituents for restructuring of the country, it only shows the extent of the reach of the clamour for the nation's reorganisation, and...

When Nigerians talk about ‘2019’, we know they are referring to an event they believe will likely define that year – the holding of a presidential election. Several years ago there were also talks of ‘2015’. The year came...

Humanity yesterday, September 14, 2017 reached a milestone; the 150th year, Das Kapital by German Thinker, Karl Marx, was published. Understandably, it was not marked worldwide. Yet, the ideas propounded in the book, changed and shaped the 20th Century; from the Great Revolutions...

When the Department of State Services swooped down on many suspected corrupt judges last year in a Gestapo style raid, many Nigerians were quick to condemn the actions of the DSS as “unconstitutional” and “illegal”. It was not until...

Military operations are guided by rules of engagement. These are military directives that explain the circumstances of a military mission. Rules of engagement are often issued by competent military authority and define when, where, how, and against whom military...

Years back in the 80's, growing up in a multi-ethnic, multi- religious community of Kafanchan in Kaduna state, North West of Nigeria was indeed great fun. Kaduna state's co-education system of those days was structured in such a way that...