Opinion

President Muhammadu Buhari’s initial response to the efforts to recover the Abacha loot was a syllabus of errors. Some errors have rights.  Others don’t. Those errors that have rights are capricious and can be remedied. Errors without rights are...

Hypocrite. Hypocrisy is the state of pretending to have beliefs, opinions, virtues, feelings, qualities or standards that one does not actually have. Hypocrisy involves the deception of others and is thus a lie. The Nigerian story is either hypocritical,...

The facts against the hype. Why would Obiano pay 5 Million Naira of Anambra money for a documentary of 1 hour, which contents are 95% lies as will be seen from our sector by sector analyses. IGR: they showed the...

The name Muhammadu  Buhari is not an ordinary name - it is a brand. And the man bearing it is not ordinary either: since his advent on the national consciousness in 1975 when he emerged as the military governor...

For most Nigerians, President Muhammadu Buhari’s (PMB) mantra of “change” in attitudes and behavioral dispositions in private homes, offices and elsewhere is a mere slogan and more like a sound of distant echoes. Those who benefit immensely from the...

Turmoil. That is  South Africa’s  state of mind. The manifestation of this, is violence at all levels; from the streets and campuses, through xenophobic attacks to last week’s battles in the hallow chambers of Parliament. The country  is caught...

Prior to elections, the atmosphere in Nigeria is usually heralded by high level political activities. Politicians make promises of anything of no real benefit, which nevertheless, makes people feel better. But as soon as they get to power, they...

"The Board of Editors voted for you in recognition of your antecedents as a dogged patriot, a torch bearer, a staunch believer in the principle of the separation of powers and ultimately the defender of the democratic faith. We...

“Corruption is a true enemy to development” - Sakhiagiin Elbegdorjt The fight against corruption by the present administration has to be critically and objectively assessed to be able to understand its dialectics and dynamics. No patriotic Nigerian should see corruption expanding...

I have watched with amusement the hollow rituals of “comic tragedy” or tragicomedy, which the defection of politicians from one political party to another typifies. The polity has witnessed, in recent times, movements by some politicians who were, doubtless,...