Opinion

Former governor of Jigawa state, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has served notice of his intention to throw his hat in the ring for the position of Nigeria’s president in 2019.  It is his right to do so.  He has the requisite backing...

This morning in my small office somewhere in the nation’s capital, I had the fortune of chancing on my old school notebook which I used in my philosophy first year in 1988 and the aspect that pulled greater interest...

This piece was inspired by the transcript of a speech given by Princeton Nathan Lyman, former US Ambassador to Nigeria (1986–89) and South Africa (1992–95) at Chinua Achebe Colloquium at Brown University in December 2009. The speech was entitled,...

These are indeed strange times. These are times when the rule of the thumb has become the normal. And nothing we know is as it should be. For the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), you cannot be sure what...

The very idea or insinuation that President Buhari is anti North and anti Islam is to say the least, preposterous and mischievous. The truth is that those making the scathing attacks on the person and the government of President...

My short rebuttal of Magnus Onyibe long-winding, verbose (over 5,800 words) and revisionist piece titled: “Ibori and the obnoxious British legal system: What manner of Justice?” so irritated Mr Onyibe that he decided to do a 4,157-word rejoinder where...

This is the first in a series of articles based in part on eyewitness accounts about the rapidly deteriorating socio-political conditions in Turkey and what the future may hold for the country. During the past few months I interviewed scores...

Outline of Presentation at USAID Strengthening Advocacy & Civic Engagement (SACE) Project 2.0 Mindset Series in Abuja on 24th January, 2017 INTRODUCTION Nigeria has been faced with the challenge of effectively utilising its resources to support equitable economic growth, effective service...

I have very vivid memories of my last visit to The Gambia. This was in 2013 when President Goodluck Jonathan paid a two-day visit to the country.  In the course of that visit, President Jonathan commissioned the new Chancery...

Being the President of the most powerful country is not an easy job, most people would agree. It is even more so when from the very first day, powerful opposition lined up against you and vowed that their major...