Opinion

Even as you read this, elders, leaders of thought and moderates in Igboland have continued to distance themselves from the separatist agitations in the south east. The increasing awareness of the damage wreaked on the nation's economy by the...

When news broke that the modest Gwarimpa Abuja home of former president Goodluck Jonathan was burgled, some mischievous elements, instead of sympathizing with the former president and call for the immediate arrest and prosecution of the burglars, chose to...

Nigeria has experienced a considerable increase in natural resource conflicts since the early 1990s. The increasing clashes between farmers and pastoralists have recently become worrisome, especially in wetland areas of the Middle Belt, North Central Nigeria. As expected, most...

It was no small relief for many Nigerians across the country in the past couple of weeks over the health situation of our beloved leader President Muhammadu Buhari. Many well- meaning Nigerians have been on edge and have been...

There is a quotation I love to think about because it accurately captures the whole truth about how men choose the things to put in the front burner of their conscience about others. The quotation is a profound statement...

“I believe it is still going to be well with Nigeria.” And, on another day, during our usual interactions on the state of the nation, and especially when the debate is delving too much into the hopeless state of...

Iraq, once the cradle of civilization, has and continues to experience one of the most horrific violent conflicts in modern history that defies any semblance of civilized humanity. It is hard to imagine the mammoth death and destruction that...

We must be unrelenting in making this demand and in asking this question: Why do religions need money, our money for their trips to their holy lands? Why do persons with fervent faith in a benevolent, provident, paradise- kingdom-...

I was of the opinion that tribalism in my generation was a thing of the past- how wrong I was. I remember growing up in the eastern part of Nigeria . All our friends and acquaintances were of the Igbo...

Rewind to 2003. The ecology of the National Assembly exuded the aura of influence. The conclave of the powerful and influential politicians - 109 of them in the Senate and 360 in the House of Representatives –was magnetic. The...