Opinion

I first met Yahya Hashim when he came visiting the University of Ife (Now, OAU) Hashim lived in Kano. When I was posted to Kano for  the National Youth Youth Service Corps (NYSC) the Orientation Camp was in Wudil, outside...

This piece is not theological in nature but a direct response to the statement often rendered by political office holders in Nigeria each time certain agitations are raised for a fundamental restructuring or overhauling of the structure of the...

The Academic Staff of Universities (ASUU) is undoubtedly a union of intellectuals that has stood the test of time. From its principled stand as an organisation of struggles in accordance with its constitution, not merely for bread and butter...

If there are about 20 persons in Nigeria today who should know the deadly impact of the importation of Dirty Fuels to West Africa, I should be among the lot. Last Saturday, I took my power generating set for...

This is not about the Nigerian senator Dino Melaye, this is about our nation Nigeria, about the working class, to whom power truly belongs. There is a provision in the Constitution and in the INEC Electoral Act that permits and...

One of the worst disaster that can befall any country is having a youthful population turning themselves to cyber militants bombing each other over actions of leaders they are suppose to have retired. The muscle heads from the north...

The Iraqi Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi, cladded in  black military uniform, stormed Mosul  on Monday to declare victory in the city  over the unstable minds of the Islamic State (ISIL)  He told the world, he had come to  Mosul “to announce...

"In every difficulty lies opportunity" - Albert Einstern. Our democracy has thrown up the emergence of quasi ethnic sentiments, unbridled cultivation of poor national consciousness,weak institutions, poor perception of government, deteriorating national values and insecurity. In context, the present government's...

On Wednesday, July 12, the Supreme Court saved our democracy and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). It did with its ruling in the matter between Ali Modu Sheriff and Ahmed Makarfi, to determine who among the two is the...

Nigeria has had a rather chequered history with democracy. Since 1999, Nigeria has had an uninterrupted democratic experiment which has been largely successful. INEC has continuously improved its handling of elections where the votes of the people are increasingly...