Opinion

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...

On April 14th 2014, the entire globe was greeted with the news of the abduction of over 200 girls who were preparing for an examination, from their school in Chibok, Borno- State. As expected, the barbaric act was greeted...

I have been patiently and anxiously watching the Igbos, one of the ethnic nationalities that make up the federation of Nigeria, their agitation for a sovereign state of Biafra and of course Nnamdi Kanu, the illegally detained leader of the Indigenous...

If President Muhammadu Buhari has thrown his weight behind efforts at exploiting hydrocarbon (crude oil) find in the North, then he is only working on the templates of scientific work during the Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (GEJ) administration. If he...