Opinion

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...

Nigeria with 180 million vibrant people, is the largest black country in the world.  Its economy which in 2014 had a  $93.01 billion  export and $53 billion import is the second largest in Africa. Its cultural reach especially through...

Nigeria is sick may sound grotesque, since it is no longer a newly discovered fact. Nigeria due to the ineptitude of both the political governors and the docility of the governed has jumped into recession in economic terms contrary to...

It was for noble intentions and the need to placate the restive Niger Delta (ND) militants when former Nigeria’s President, Late Alhaji Umaru  Yar’Adua  exercised his constitutional power  by  granting amnesty and unconditional pardon to all  Niger Delta militants...

Adamawa is one of the most ravaged states in northeastern Nigeria by Boko Haram insurgency, with its capital in Yola. It gave birth to Taraba state in 1991 from the defunct Gongola State. It has our administrative divisions: Adamawa,...

The wheel of progress in our nation is progressive; this is because the “progressives” are in power. But beyond the rhetoric of name and the fantasy of change; can we really say that our nation is making any meaningful...