Opinion

Last week, we were greeted with screaming headlines: federal government disburses second tranche of Paris club refund. In the breakdown, Kano State had as much as 10 billion, ahead of Lagos, which had just a little over 8 billion...

Most salary payers in Nigeria hold salary earners in a lot of contempt. You’d often hear the salary payer yell at the salary earner, ‘after all, I pay you a salary, don’t I?!’ as if the salary itself is...

In light of recent happenings across the Nigerian polity, it is expedient to provide an informed opinion on the necessity of referendum as a tool for political engagement in Nigeria. Though there have been ceaseless undercurrents of agitation on...

The recent potential threat on national unity posed by hate speeches emanating from various parts of the country has created anxiety and doubts on whether or not Nigeria will still remain a sovereign entity. An undiscerning mind can easily draw...

With the recent visit of some governors and All Progressives Congress leaders to President Muhammadu Buhari in London, Nigerians now have incontrovertible evidence against the liars and alarmists who have ceaselessly peddled falsehood about our recuperating president. As it is...

Power is a sector that has given successive governments in Nigeria damning records. Ensconced constitutionally on the exclusive list of the federal government, power supply has been an intractable malady that has afflicted our beloved nation for decades with...

Once upon a time, the name Diezani Alison Madueke was a name to be reckoned with in our society as far as politics is concerned. It is a name synonymous with fame and wealth. She never held any elected...

Some two months ago, the Federal Government, the 36 states and their local government areas had so far shared N1.4 trillion from the federation account, being revenue generated in the first quarter of 2017. The breakdown was contained in...

If I had any doubt that it is end game for Boko Haram madman, Abubakar Shekau, it has disappeared with the vow of a 37-year-old Islamic cleric, Ali Ahmad to trek the whole 844 kilometers from Maiduguri to Abuja Recent...

In one swing, South African President Jacob Zuma  swept the governments of his country since independence  in 1994, into the dust bin of history. Describing the past two decades as those of waste, Zuma condemned the administrations  of the...