Opinion

The above statement coming from me may be a blasphemy for I am not one of Mr. Trump's fans. Mr. Trump represents a political ideology that has not been tried in America before. Previous Republican presidents had represented what...

Auchi polytechnic Auchi, Edo State, which used to be an enviable citadel of learning, is now a mere shadow of  its former self as it is now a cascading speedily into its early Golgotha. Intimidation, vindictiveness, witch hunt and threats...

“Baba don come oh. Baba o yo yo, Baba Bubu o yo yo” “What is that?” “Eh, o yo yo” “If you are this excited about President Buhari’s return, then why didn’t you go to Abuja to welcome him when he arrived...

The major objective of any political party across the globe is to control the government. This objective informs other ancilliary functions of the party such as voter education, electioneerings, grass roots mobilisation, among others. Unfortunately, in Abia, the major opposition...

So dry bones could still rise again? So corpses do walk? So “spot diagnosis” that can spot the dead from a far without medical prognosis could fail abysmally? So the one on life-support machine could still walk on his...

President Trump’s new strategy that would presumably win the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan is doomed to fail, just like Bush’s and Obama’s before him. At best, the reported dispatch of an additional 4,000 American troops as recommended...

Of all the works of intellectualizing and global scholarship bequeathed to mankind by one of Black Africa's original thinkers-Professor Chinua Achebe, one tiny book titled "The trouble with Nigeria" stands out because it remains profoundly rich in prophetic affirmations...

On a visit to Windhoek, Namibia in 2013, I took a taxi to the city centre. I indicated to the driver the building I wanted to alight. He apologized that he had to take me to a nearby taxi...

Churchill Okonkwo's article “Ndigbo Will Conquer And Rule In Oduduwa Republic” published August 7, 2017 in SaharaReporters, is a figment of imagination as useless as driep-up springs or as mist blown away by the wind. His braggings about Ndigbo's...

The socio-political situation in Nigeria has called for an overview to offer an insight into the true state of the nation. Regardless of what politicians and public officeholders are peddling in the media about the economy, the fact remains...