Opinion

Africa, beloved of God has many sons and daughters. Some of them in ancient Egypt gave the world its modern civilization. It also gave Greece its philosophy which became the basis of Western  thought and philosophy. However, a different...

In furtherance of President Muhammadu Buhari’s commitment towards expanding the frontiers of Nigeria’s diplomacy, he has once more embarked on a three day official trip to Germany. The three days trip will afford him the opportunity to interact with the...

I came across some youth on Wednesday in Abuja under the auspices of Northern Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) led by one Isah Abubakar as President protesting against the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, to resign. From my interaction with...

People tend to be alarmed when the Nigerian Presidency takes certain decisions. They don’t think the decision makes sense. Sometimes, they wonder if something has not gone wrong with the thinking process at that highest level of the country....

Seven years of Nigeria’s engagement with haunting and revolving internal security crises speak of her most turbulent history since independence. Whether it is the violence of terrorists in Northeast; pulling of the strings by armed bandits and cattle rustlers...

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...