Opinion

Not many saw it coming. The electoral defeat of Yahaya Abdul-Aziz Jemus   Junkung Jammeh,  the Gambian strongman who has ruled  the country for   twenty two years. A second surprise is  Jammeh’s  acceptance of   defeat. A third issue, is  the...

Without fear of contradiction, leadership with sheer competence is   purely one of the main challenges of development and growth in Nigeria.   The matter of leadership is not for want of qualified, patriotic and   inspiring individuals, rather the way and...

The recession is biting hard; this is no news. The economy is in a state   of quagmire and Nigerians are groaning under the heavy burden of   skyrocketing cost of basic commodities. What has brought us to this   state is...

In November 1987, Time asked in a cover story, “Who's in Charge?” and answered its own question, saying “The nation calls for leadership and there is no one home.” There is leadership vacuum in the administration of justice in...

Nigeria is a nation of many ills: recession, impending famine, dearth of justice, political betrayals and humanitarian crisis.  President Buhari- the man of hope and great expectation is undoubtedly betraying hope. Morning by morning he leads Nigeria to economic...

A short-term approach to economic policy is exacerbating poverty Nigeria has recorded a third successive quarter of negative economic growth. The recession, together with the profound structural challenges posed by the dependence of the economy on oil, calls for a...

In garden talks and beer parlour political conversations, one often constantly hears one side charging the other: “Please let’s put sentiments aside and be patriotic here”. Such admonitions are fairly common when Nigerians of different political, ethnic and religious...

The preamble to the United States Constitution begins with these words: “We the People of the UNITED STATES, in Order to form a more perfect   Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the   common defence, promote the general Welfare,...

Donald Trump the debonair American businessman who recently clinched   the coveted United States of America’s Presidency in the ticket of   the Republican Party is a man that is fascinated by some crazy   epithets and nicknames. As he busies himself interviewing...

On November 26, 2016, Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu came alive in Owerri. It was   at an anniversary of his death, or a remembrance of his life held at the   grounds of the legendary Ojukwu Memorial Library in Owerri. The Library was...