Opinion

Nielsen estimates 31 million viewers watched TV coverage of President Donald Trump's inauguration on Friday. That audience total, measuring continuous coverage by 12 broadcast and cable networks, soundly beat the 20.6 million who viewed President Barack Obama's second inauguration in...

The Nigerian Humanist Movement (NHM) was founded in 1996 and the main   goal was to provide an alternative to religion and a sense of community   to non-religious and non-theistic persons. This was a period when the   country was under...

The former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman, Nuhu Ribadu,  has travelled the world just to dress himself in borrowed  and sanctimonious plumes; that he rejected a $15m bribe from Chief James Onanefe  Ibori. Yet, former President Olusegun...

On December 1, 2016, Gambian eligible voters went to the polls to elect their leader thus ending the long reign of their longtime ruler Yahya Jammeh who initially conceded defeat. Barely a week after, Jammeh in a nationwide broadcast...

The conference for peace between Israel and the Palestinians initiated by the French government that took place on January 15 in Paris was positive in many ways. The concluding declaration that collectively emerged pointed out the need to establish...

Very early in life, I noticed a connection between questioning and  change - between asking why? Why not? How do you know? and the project  of societal renewal. Evidently, questioning is a product of discontent,  of lack of satisfaction...

Nigeria, the most populous Black country in the world, on January 11, in  Abuja, sat with China, the most populous nation in the world, to sign a  Bilateral Agreement  recognizing the One China Policy. The Policy, like  a proclamation...

I respect Professor Wole Soyinka of Nigeria to the point of  veneration. Apart from his achievement as the first black African to have won the  Noble Prize in literature, Professor Soyinka distinguished himself to  me as a non-tribalistic Nigerian who...

“The only way we can add value to local government is by giving them political and financial independence, as this will expand opportunities in the grassroots.” – Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara Local Government can be described as a collective term...

In Southern Kaduna today,  many are desperately searching for answers right now. Southern Kaduna indegenes have seen their loved ones slaughtered, raped and brutalized. Some have watched their homes, businesses, villages, and religious places set ablaze and destroyed. Husbands have...