Opinion

Life is all about memories. It is the only thing we are left with when flesh and spirit depart the earthly plane, and we can do no more than remember the life of the departed, through memories of times...

Last week my security gatekeeper suddenly packed his luggage with the intention of quitting his job. The reason he decided to withdraw his services and return to his country is the weakening exchange rate between the CFA franc-currency of the...

INTRODUCTION: In the last couple of months there have been strident calls for the restructuring of the country from a lot of people, from different parts of the country. While some of the calls have primordial and political undertones, a...

It was quite expected that it would happen if he won the Presidency. When he came to power in December 1983 via a military coup, fighting corruption and indiscipline were the regime’s signature marks. Hundreds of high profile politicians,...

The least expected controversy about Mr Godwin Obaseki, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the September 10 governorship election in Edo State was the one about his educational qualification. But out of the blue, it broke that he...

I wish I knew the exact words Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka spoke to President Muhammadu Buhari when they met privately last week. My hunch, however, is that the writer looked the president straight in the eye and described for...

Nigeria, you will all agree with me , has eventually degenerated into regimentation and dictatorship as Buhari's secret agents like the late Idi Amin of Uganda are visibly  on the prowl. A lot of things have happened in Nigeria...

It is finally becoming clearer that Boko Haram has taken a hit from Nigeria’s military, a bad hit. Things are bad enough for the group to have gotten to the point of splitting down the middle, Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah...

It is a given law of nature that you cannot give what you do not have. Although, you may pretend to have it; yet, at the end, the truth will manifest. This is the scenario that has unfolded in...

“I freed a thousand slaves, I could have freed more if only they knew they were slaves” - Harriet Tubman They say they are yet to see the change APC promised. They say APC is not prepared for leadership. They...