Opinion

The Department of State Security Service (DSS), a few days ago, created a novel chapter, unknown in Nigeria’s farthest history. In an attempt to take the anti-graft war of the current regime to the Landlords of justice, it embarked...

Early this month, the Buhari government, through the Attorney- General of the Federal and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, inaugurated a 24-member committee on Constitution and Electoral Reform, which it called “Constitutional and Electoral Reforms Committee”.  The Committee is...

Bola Ahmed Tinubu's call on John Odigie-Oyegun to resign as National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) for allegedly derailing from the path of progressives continues to generate diverse opinions in the polity. The call, rather than being misconstrued...

Today, October 13, marks the birthday of the late British prime minister Margaret Thatcher – so perhaps it is fitting to take a moment to consider how Thatcherism still rules the global capitalist landscape. Thatcher said she was out to...

When I listen to the utterances of Nigerian politicians, I remember the song of one musician, Tony Wilson, entitled, “The Politician Man of Many Words”. In that album the artist described politician as ‘a man of many words going...

“Sadly, the compliance level of the oil and gas exploration and production companies in payment of levies and taxes is very low and in fact, pitiable,” contained in a letter Governor Henry Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State personally wrote...

Nigeria is in dire financial straits. Nothing better typifies this than the free fall of the Naira in an import- dependent country. Between 2013 and 2014, the currency was quite stable at N160 to the dollar. Then came 2015,...

"The statement from Yakasai is not surprising. That the Hausa-Fulani feudalists have consciously sought to monopolize power at the center is not a matter of speculation but of public record. They have consistently opposed progressive ideas that would chip...

Edo State Governor-elect, Godwin Obaseki and his Deputy Governor-elect, Hon. Philip Shaibu on Thursday, 6th October, 2016, received their Certificates of Return. Held at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Headquarters in Benin City, the ceremony cleared the way for...

The recent trip of the Nigeria’s Chief of Army staff, Lt. General Tukur Yusuf Buratai was an interesting eye opener for me. He was invited to speak on the war against terror in Nigeria by the Atlantic Council and...