Opinion

Enugu State governor, Mr. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, has enjoyed a rather  impressive portrayal in the media since he assumed office. I have seen  several articles parroting his “marvelous achievements” and some of  the articles have even found their way to...

...Use Religion as a tool to dumb them down...use ethnicity as a tool to  fan the embers of hatred and then sit back and watch them burn  themselves up...The template has remained the same...albeit with slight  modifications from time...

We met sometime in 1993 just before the annulment of the June 12 1993 Presidential election by the General Ibrahim Babangida military junta. And since then, until November 4, 2016, Henry Odugala was a close friend; a brother like...

The atmosphere outside my room on that fateful day was calm and friendly. I could see two camels and two turkeys hovering around the premises. I had just finished breakfast and spent about thirty minutes talking about politics and...

President Muhammadu Buhari was voted into power in the April 2015  general election and sworn in on May 29 of the same year. On that day,  he made a well celebrated speech in which he left Nigerians with a  profound and...

Nigeria is in the grip of terrorists' groups. Boko Haram is being  degraded in the North-East. Niger-Delta militants could soon be pacified  at talks in the South-South. Separatists in the South-East are tending  towards intellectual struggle. Only the Shiite...

Corruption as defined separately by World Bank, Transparency  International and Danish International Development Agency refers to the  misuse of entrusted funds, abuse of power and public office for private  gain. Wikipedia describes it as “a form of dishonest or...

For as long as one can remember there has always been ‘jungle  justice’ in Nigeria. All it takes is for somebody to shout ‘ole’  (thief) and anybody seen running away – the suspect or not – is  apprehended, subject...

Let me congratulate Governor Obaseki on his new job as the caretaker of Edo State for the next four years. It is a monumental responsibility to conscientiously run the affairs of a State especially in a country like Nigeria;...

The day was Wednesday, October 19, 2016. The venue was the Democracy Park at Akure, Ondo State. The occasion was the much anticipated flag-off of the Eyitayo Jegede SAN governorship campaign for Ondo State. I was there even as...