Opinion

With isolated attacks here and there, the killer group, Boko Haram, is still to be crushed. But, there is no doubting the fact that the capacity of the bandits to cause massive havoc has been checked. In a way,...

Once upon a time, was a State, the State was a family. There was peace and harmony in this political family as it was devoid of opposition, in-fighting and rancor. The political stability that pervaded the land then was...

At the advent of renewed mindless attacks by Fulani herdsmen on fellow Nigerians with the height of it all coming in Agatu and Enugu where, as usual, hundreds of innocent and defenceless citizens were mowed down in cold blood,...

The United Nations (UN) was established as a permanent body. Indeed, it has “permanent members” In reality, it is a revolving door that leads to a talk shop with mainly declarations and very little action. Nothing better typifies what...

One of the four disastrous policies that gave rise to Nigeria’s recession was discontinued by the Nigerian CBN about two months ago. Those four policies were (a) the policy of currency controls started in December 2014 (b) high interest...

In 2012, when former Nigerian Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. (Mrs) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala signified her intention to run for the World Bank presidency, there was a quake – she was endorsed by a majority...

It is time, at last, to speak the truth about preparations for the 2019 governorship contest in Kaduna State, and the truth is this: Nobody wants to openly admit it, but vivid images of politicians eying Nasir Ahmed Elrufai's...

There are no people more disrespected, oppressed, alienated, despised and castigated than the refugees no matter where they are. What is surprising is the amount of money allocated to the welfare and management by most of the countries including...

Turkey’s President Erdogan has claimed that military operations against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) will continue until “the very last rebel is killed.” What is puzzling about this statement is that after more than 30 years of violence that...

I was surprised to read the Amnesty International Report via https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2016/09/nigeria-special-police-squad-get-rich-torturing-detainees/ dated 21 September, 2016. The report carried out by one, Damian Ugwu, Amnesty International's Nigeria Researcher said that “A Nigerian police unit set up to combat violent crime has...