Opinion

Former Senate Leader, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, was recently nominated for appointment as the Chairman of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC by President Muhammadu Buhari.  His name was penultimate Wednesday forwarded to the Senate...

Two weeks ago, President Obama announced that the US will draw down its troops in Afghanistan from 9,800 to 8,400, altering his original plan to reduce the number to 5,500. His decision suggests that conditions on the ground are...

A farmer who was extorted by govt officials over land matters in northern India was so aggrieved and wanted to take his pound of flesh , so he dumped a bag of 40 snakes into the offices of the...

Not many people would argue that engineers are very smart people or that medical doctors are also very brilliant. But would you hire an engineer to take care of your heart condition? Would you hire an anesthesiologist to build...

“…the General is the safeguard of the state. If the safeguard is complete, the state is surely strong.  If the safeguard is flawed, the state is surely weak... He looks upon the troops as his children.Thus they can venture...

Everyone who puts pen to paper, who deigns to call himself a writer must first be a lover of knowledge. When all is said and done, what you write should be an outpouring of what you have learnt to...

Nigeria’s first speed train rolled off on July 26  in a roar of controversy. The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) held it up as its  achievement. Its vociferous hailers  claimed that it was  completed due to the seriousness of...

The propriety or otherwise of immunity for the leadership of National and State Assembly's leaderships has sharply divided Nigerians. The weight of public opinion has exclusively reserved immunity for only the executive arm of government. Some premised their reasons...

The few of us that live in gross opulence and luxury within each African country where most people suffer in squalor have no conscience unless we give some back. When growing up, we celebrated with the rich for their...

Dear Mr. President, First of all I would like to congratulate you on the recent academicachievements recorded by your children. It is the wish of every father to witness such event in one’s lifetime. Mr. President, before I go into details...