Opinion

Nigerians over the years had been treated to spirit breaking economic phrases often coined by experts and authorities in their attempts to explain some economic realities. Yet, for decades they seemed not too familiar with the lexicon ‘Recession’ and...

Christiana Oluwatoyin Oluwasesin, Florence Chukwu, Abdullahi Umaru, Methodus Chimaije Emmanuel, Bridget Agbaheme and Eunice Elisha all have one thing in common; they were gruesomely murdered in cold blood by religious fanatics acting on the disguise of impulsive cerebral dysfunction...

With oil prices swirling in downward slide and production quota reeling to a  paltry 700,000 barrels arising from militant activities in the Niger Delta, the need to diversify the economy  cannot be more urgent that now. For many states,...

Under President Muhammadu Buhari, the Nigerian military has been widely acknowledged as having exhibited a high sense of professionalism in the fight against insurgency in the North East. Prior to his assumption of power there were several reported cases...

After an estimated twenty-thousand deaths, an even higher number of broken limbs, skulls and souls and near-dislocation of socio-economic life, life is gradually returning to normal to north eastern Nigeria. And to imagine that the lecherous and _sukudai_- (suck-and-die)...

Manufactured Date: March 28, 2015 Expired Date: May 29, 2017   From our recent political history, few events have created more media buzz than when the 73-year old retired Army General, Muhammadu Buhari was sworn in as President  of Nigeria, Africa’s most...

Six years into the Obasanjo administration I wrote an admonition titled "Obasanjo’s Nigeria Defined: Recession, Repression And Reforms In Nigeria (The Real Picture)", by June last year again I was writing  another "Of bailouts, recession, repression and repetitions". I...

When our public officials fall asleep while attending a meeting, or an official function, the standard Nigerian reaction is to have a hearty laugh at their expense. Harmless laughter. You’d remember many photographs of our lawmakers turning the National...

Political extremism was an outrageous flaunt by the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the 2015 general elections: to win at all costs. It was accompanied by virulent propaganda never seen in the history of electioneering in Nigeria, which was,...

The London-based Amnesty International has a passion for stirring calm waters, especially in Nigeria. It seems, the organization delights more in propagating contrived negations than rejoicing with humanity’s enviable   accomplishments. By the frequency with which Amnesty International choruses’ human rights...