Opinion

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...

The piece by Louis Odion is emblematic of the new low to which journalism has fallen in Nigeria. This is a piece penned by a senior journalist who, evidently bereft of facts, decided to regale himself with fiction. He...

On my way to work this morning, one man asked: “What does this Soyinka want?” Sitting beside him in the same bus, I couldn’t immediately provide a reply. One thing I was sure of was that this man was...

The news that the Nigerian customs intercepted a container of “READY TO EAT FOODS’’ like Egusi Soup, Jollof Rice, Ogbono, Yam Porridge imported from India,  should actually worry every African. What this simply means is that it was cheaper...

The crisis which rocked the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo state would have torpedoed the rhythm of the just concluded governorship election. In spite of the fact that the PDP has rejected the outcome of the election and...

Recently, the Nigerian Army announced the commencement of what it deviously termed Exercise Python Dance in the southeastern part of the country commencing from November 27, 2016 to end on December 27, 2016. Since then, many groups and stakeholders,...