Opinion

So it was friday night in Kigali and my best friend Jekwu Ozoemena was taking me out after several business meetings. Jekwu is one of those guys who can actually walk and chew gum. After remotely picking up my team and...

Going by all available records, Nigerian politicians generally, shortly before and immediately after independence from Britain, were often referred to as ten percenters.  This was a reference to a situation where ten per cent of the worth of any...

The Ondo State governorship election is just a few days away. While serious candidates from across all political parties are putting finishing touches to their campaigns and preparations, one Jimoh Ibrahim is desperately busy working hard with collaborators to...

When it first debuted some 15 months ago, many considered it a political rhetoric and a platform for the relaunching of a re-run campaign that seemed then to rule political discourse in the State. But the sincerity that underlined...

There is little doubt that PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI has had a formidable military background during his years in service as attested to by no less a person than LIEUTENANT GENERAL THEOPHILUS DANJUMA. In a foreword he General Theophilus Danjuma  penned...

Confidence towards the Nigerian economy received a welcome boost following reports of the country reclaiming its position as the largest economy in Africa. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Nigeria’s GDP currently stood around $415.08 billion in October...

Owing to the economic downturn currently being experienced in Nigeria, her citizens have embraced overwhelmingly locally produced goods and home-grown businesses as an internal measure to help shore up the Naira value. This has become necessary going by recent statements...

"WE must keep the promise to our nation! We must make a difference!" COAS Lt. Gen. TY Buratai - 14 July 2015 Since the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen Tukur Buratai first made the assertion over one year...

The current campaign season for the November 8th 2016 Presidential elections in the United States of America has brought out the good, the bad and the ugly about the American brand of democracy. The two leading candidates: MRS. HILARY CLINTON of the...

Nigeria witnessed a rare occurrence last  Thursday,  October 20. The 40th Oba of Benin, Omo n’Oba n’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II was crowned. The last coronation which is steeped in rich history and tradition, was 37 years ago. The...