Opinion

My attention was first drawn to Mayowa’s case through the University of Lagos Alumni Association, when her video soliciting for help was shared with us. I was moved to tears seeing Mayowa’s beautiful face before her sickness and what...

Since the problem of non-payment of salaries for public sector workers across states of the federation became national issue early this year, the Aregbesola government, which started the policy of denying workers their salaries since late 2014, has been...

The decreasing oil revenues in the international market at a time of mounting government expenditure have become a hitch to the developmental aspiration of the present government. Over dependent on oil, Major General Muhammadu Buhari was with high hope to...

There seems to be no end in sight to the crisis that erupted in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) since Ali Modu Sheriff, the erstwhile Governor of Borno State emerged in February this year as the acting National Chairman. ...

Globally, policing has been going through a transition since the start of the millennium. With diverse pressures and diverging expectations, financial paucity, the concept of policing has been seeking a self-adaptive mutation for acceptance without universal success. In a major report in...

Obviously one cannot talk of the African without a prior conception of what Africa is all about. In the documentary, Africa: A Triple Heritage, written and narrated by  Ali Mazrui in the early 1980s Mazrui argued that Africa (or Africa’s...

One week ago, I wrote a piece, “LUNACY AND BLOODBATH IN TURKEY” It was my analysis of the Turkish government’s insane reaction to the July 15, attempted coup against President Recep Tayyip  Erdogan. I did not then entertain  the...

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State remains the most outstanding governor from the South East Nigeria, one the most vocal APC member from the South East, and the most dynamic governor from the South East Nigeria. Rochas Okorocha is...

Presented by Atiku Abubakar, GCON, former Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, at the Late Gen.Usman Katsina Memorial Conference, at the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Memorial Hall, Murtala Square, Kaduna. Saturday 30 July, 2016. Protocol The theme of this conference, “The Challenges of National...

The economic difficulties as currently experienced in the country have continued to hit harder on the Nigerians masses. This is obviously not the best of times for most Nigerians who struggle every day to manage to keep body and...