Opinion

Most news headlines from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have one thing in common — their focus on conflict, particularly in the eastern part of the country. True, conflict is not new in the DRC, which has...

In the run up for the 2015 General Elections, some patriotic people of Niger state raised the alarm about the background of the then All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, David Umaru. Persons who claimed to know him placed his...

As Africa’s largest and Nigeria’s most popular party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, holds its convention on Wednesday, August 17, 2016, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, the coast is getting clearer as political calculations, electioneering, alignments, realignments, endorsements etc...

In some other countries of the world, a bronze medal at the Olympics is not something to be talked about or celebrated. Not even silver is satisfactory sometimes, just remember that look on Russian athlete Yulia Efimova’s face as...

Nigerians can attest to the fact that the supposed leading opposition party PDP has not been living up to the expectations of the people. The party lost its ruling powers to the All Progressive Congress in 2015 elections, ever...

A Liberian women’s peace movement led by 31-year-old Leymah Gbowee did something extraordinary in July 2003 to force Liberian warlords to sign a peace agreement that ended 10 years of a bloody civil war. After months of fruitless negotiations, hundreds...

Do you know Ann LePage? She's the (third) wife of Paul LePage, the right-wing weirdo, out-of-control and ever controversial governor of Maine, a man with an inspiring story of growing up on the streets after running away from an...

The word " orphan" is metaphoric with despondency, and that is the theme Prof. Anthony Ugochukwu Aliche explores in his book " Orphan".Nothing prepares people for greatness more than harsh conditions and that is why Aliche dedicates the book...

"Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil." Jeremiah 13:23 When the Bible says the leopard cannot change its spots, it probably was referring to...

Dante Alighieri, a poets and a great philosopher once said that “the hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintained their neutrality.” Our own very distinguished Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka...