Opinion

Part of the expectations from elder statemen is that unusual ability to maintain measured silence on national issues such that when they finally speak offer insight their words carry something similar to the weight of fiats. Chief Edwin Kiaogbodo...

No doubt, IGP Ibrahim Idris may be one of the happiest persons in Nigeria at the moment, following his confirmation as substantive Inspector General of Police by the Council of State on Wednesday, September 7, 2016. This is second Council...

The dreaded R-word – ‘Recession’ - is in the air as everyone seems to have become familiar with the word following the recently released report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Mr Bismarck J. Rewane, a respected Economist and...

The other time he contested his party’s governorship primaries in Kwara state, third rate publicists who were working at the behest of pedestrian and dubious politicians in the state launched a vicious and dishonest campaign that, being a Lagos...

If the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) were to conduct a stress test on Nigerian banks today, most of them would likely fail because they are the life wire of business and a mirror of the state of the...

I have two confessions to make from the outset. I am an incurable optimist. I am a firm believer in the maxim that no matter how dark a tunnel may appear to be, there will always be some ray of...

The crystal truth now, is that Aliko Dangote is the richest Nigerian and African (if not Blackman alive). And the whole truth is that he has invested in nearly all parts of Nigeria; and now investing massively and hugely...

After an awful outing in 2012 London Olympics, everyone thought that history of unpreparedness will not repeat itself again as the nation prepared well ahead of the just concluded Rio Olympic Games. However, the result showed that the nation...

According to internet sources, the Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Willie Obiano at the just concluded World Igbo Congress convention held in New York asked “Who is Ike Ekweremadu?” I must confess that I was shocked that a governor...

Israel’s continued settlement activity—whether retroactively approving ‘unauthorized’ outposts or advancing plans for new units as was recently announced—represents yet another nail in the coffin of the peace process. The settlements have become nothing but Israel’s self-entrapment, threatening its very...