Opinion

This year's Dakar International Forum on Peace and in Security in Africa, the third in the annual series attracted the participation of President Muhammadu Buhari along with some other African leaders.  It was an important opportunity to strengthen relations...

Economic policies can stifle growth when they are excessive, inappropriate, introduced late or out of sync with reality. So at what point do wrong or inappropriate economic policies muzzle growth? A simple answer to the rhetorical question would be that things...

To save what is left of his dignity, before official announcement of Mr. Trump’s choice for Secretary of State, Mr. Romney should remove himself from consideration. Mr. Romney was my governor once and I will hate to see this...

Transportation Minister, Mr Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi is an unhappy man. He has every cogent  reason to be unhappy.  Before his very eyes, the good people of Rivers State  passed their judgment in 2015 and March 19, 2016. They would ...

Recently, the King of Morocco Mohammed VI was in Nigeria for a state visit in reprocity to President Muhammadu Buhari’s earlier visit to the North African country. The fanfare that greeted the Moroccan King’s visit was loud and unprecedented...

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...