Opinion

War is a business, a multi billion business. Peace is a hobby, a none lucrative hobby. By nature, a profitable business venture attracts large patronage; while the none lucrative one only gets few adherents. This is what is playing...

The anniversary of Bob Marley, the Social Prophet who preached freedom,   redemption, liberation, human rights, equality and revolution, was   marked yesterday. It was  36 years ago, the then 36-year old Marley   passed on.  He had predicted the troubles in...

Nigeria continues to bleed from the piercing, cruel claws of her   sentient venality. In spite of what is read on the pages of newspaper,   the disgusting smell and stench of a dying, or is it dead economy hits   us...

Aside ethnic bigotry and religious odium, corruption is apparently Nigeria’s ultimate challenge. Corruption is so rampant that it has unconsciously become a norm. Rights and merit are not valued anymore. Every step you take, you must always be ready...

As one who loves Nigeria, the steepening decay of morals in Nigeria that obstructs our forming a decent and civilized society keeps me awake at night. In English literature I read of Greek tragedy. The idea that life is...

The root of the current political debate- as to the appropriate designation of the acting President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo- arising from President Muhammadu Buhari’s  trip to the UK on Medical grounds- lies much more on lack of communication  or...

When I pitied the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris in one of my write-ups earlier in the year, it was simply because I saw very clearly, a man out to destroy the Nigerian Police because of his...

I was uncomfortable when I read a statement credited to Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka calling on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to prosecute those he described as detractors in the fight against corruption in the country. Baba...

When President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) entered the presidential race in 2015, he might not have appreciated, as a fact, that he was taking his luck too far, given his age and, more importantly, his health status.  Recall that he had...

I don’t want funeral songs to be sung at my funeral because I won’t die. I will (only) change my life and life after this life and I believe that when I shed off this bodily shell, I would...