Opinion

This article was provoked by a news item in the Independent newspaper of Tuesday 25th April, 2017 in which the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) claimed to have among other things carried out some acts of corporate social responsibility....

Two weeks ago, as I was moving some of my personal effects - mainly books - from the office, I had to, in my own interest, resort to full disclosure of the contents of the ghana-must-go bags to my gateman, who...

The Immediate past President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan entered global political history book when he voluntarily conceded electoral victory in March 2015 to his arch- political rival of the All Progressives Congress (APC) (Major General) Muhammadu Buhari (RTD) as he...

April 29th this year was a Saturday. It was my birthday and friends came to wish me well. It rained, not very much really but it was pretty cold outside. The tiny "rain" caused so much traffic delays. My friends...

Corruption is a burning national issue. We must all come together for our ‘fight against corruption‘. By ‘corruption’ people usually mean actual bribery, nepotism, misuse of public money and other offenses like hoarding, profiteering, black-marketing and smuggling. Corruption is rampant in...

For every self-acclaimed strong man, there is a God who takes away even the captive of the mighty and delivers the prey of the terrible. History has a way of repeating itself. Very early in the life of this world, there...

I have just read the preview of the excuses proffered by my leader, President Goodluck Jonathan, for losing the 2015 Presidential Election. I would not have bothered to react but for the fact that I had thought that he...

On March 24, one Ms Taiwo Titilayo Momoh, attempted suicide at the Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos. Both the police and concerned citizens rescued her from killing herself.  The said Ms Momoh was arraigned on April 21, at the Ebute...

“I belong to everybody and I belong to nobody. A few people have privately voiced fears that on coming back to office I shall go after them. These fears are groundless. There will be no paying off old scores....

Just recently a picture of a half-naked elderly woman surrounded by a lynch mob appeared online in one of the many blogs under the caption:” Bird falls from sky and transforms into Woman”. Now it beggars belief that in this...