Opinion

It has become a pastime for me to write about political parties and movements since I submitted my first degree dissertation, Political Parties and Democratization: The Effects of Party Politics on Nigeria’s Democratic Experience (2003-2011) at the Department of...

A nation where mob action seems to be the only alternative to justice, the innocent will continue to cry for same justice. Mob action is increasingly becoming a reoccurring decimal in Nigeria. From the rampaging Fulani herdsmen and retaliatory attacks...

In an attempt  to raise much needed funds, the Finance Minister, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, has come up with the most ludicrous suggestions of all time : she plans to tax even beggars on their 'earnings'. She made this perfectly clear...

WHY NIGERIA SHOULD OPPOSE MOROCCO FROM JOINING THE ECOWAS The treaty establishing the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was signed in Lagos on 28 May 1975, after several years of painstaking efforts by General Yakubu Gowon, the then...

Nigerians love mantras - statements or slogans repeated frequently enough that they begin to sound like established facts or self-evident truths. Recently in this column (on June 22 2017), I interrogated the mantra of ‘generation shift’, which was renewed...

“Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.” - Martha Graham The title of this piece sounds profoundly hurtful, but that is the reality of our times.  Fire outbreaks have been on the rise in Nigeria in recent times...

Arewa, IPOB and Odua are used to distract us from wrestling market from foreigners! Years ago one would think that Nigeria would be unknown in St. Louis Missouri as world’s biggest market until one guy found out this African. Surprised...

The reactions to my publication, “PROPHETIC VOICES IN A CONFUSED NATION” call for this reflection. Among these reactions are:  (1) that talking about dialogue in the present state of the nation is self-deception. (2) “Prophets do not condone injustices,...

To render selfless and rewarding public service in Nigeria or elsewhere is not something akin to a simple nursery rhyme pupils recite in class sessions. It requires time and commitment; it needs energy, self-depravity, discipline, determination, inspiration and undiluted...

Either 'Empire Strikes Back' or "Do me I do you, man no go vex" the lyrics of the famed P-Square could have easily fit the caption of my easy. The Yoruba political strategists may not admit it publicly, however...