Opinion

LAST YEAR'S RESULTS OF NATIONAL EXAMINATION COUNCIL (NECO) AND WEST AFRICA EXAMINATION COUNCIL (WAEC) HAVE OPENED OUR EYES ONCE AGAIN TO THE STEADY DECLINE IN QUALITY OF EDUCATION IN NIGERIA. THE SUMMARY OF THE RESULTS REVEALED THAT, OF THE...

The first time I saw President Obama on television was when he addressed National Democratic Party convention in 2004. And this was before he became the president of US. Then Obama was campaigning for United States senate and he...

Prolonged periods of depressed oil prices have punished most oil export dependent countries in 2016 with Nigeria being no exception. When one factors in that the nation receives over 90% of export and 70% government revenues from oil which...

So, Nigeria is 56? Just a speck of time in the life of a nation! But 56 years is sufficient a time to show where the pendulum swings to. If the past is anything to be deduced from, those...

The story of Akwa Savings and Loans Limited is likened to a healthy child who after eating poisoned food, relapsed into coma and was taken to an intensive health care unit only to be revived by a team of...

‘Save Zakzaky’s Life Group of Nigeria’, the new creation of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) has threatened to overwhelm Abuja, the nation’s capital with protests if their leader, Mr Ibraheem El-Zakyzaky is not released from the custody. National...

It is no longer news that we are in a recession. Nigerians are groaning under the weight of a dying economy. Food and commodity prices have skyrocketed; some have more than doubled their original prices. Commodity prices are appalling! I...

The reasons for our present economic predicament are not far- fetched. They are deep-seated and widespread corruption, mismanagement and waste of the past, especially, the last 15 years of political party rule and inability of the nation to diversify...

What a coincidence! And, what a surprise! Your letter got to me on October 1! That was a pleasant coincidence. Then, you congratulated and prayed for the continued survival Nigeria as one entity. That was a huge surprise and...

One important takeaway amongst others from Nigeria’s recent outing at the 71st General Assembly meeting of the United Nations last week, is that in all that he has been doing, notably in the area of securing the freedom of...