Opinion

Even though the last general election was just a year ago, the race to occupy the Oke-Mosan Governor’s office of Ogun State has begun in an unprecedented pace. In what seems like a planned move, potential contenders have started...

When in December 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari presented the 2016 budget to the National Assembly, hopes were high that the 'budget of change' has come to revive the dwindling fortunes of the Nigerian economy. Few months down the line,...

How do you go about immortalizing a man whose works already immortalized him while he was alive? That was precisely what Twaweza Communications of Kenya and Binghamton University of New York sought to do  when they organized a symposium...

She didn't have to die this way. Let me paint the picture for you. Saturday, July 9, began like any other day for Deaconess Eunice Elisha, wife of Pastor Olawale Elisha of the Divine Touch Parish of the Redeemed Christian...

Many Nigerians started looking for information on the failed coup attempt in Turkey since last week. Some suddenly started supporting the coup plotters describing them and their actions as “heroes” or “heroic” development (praying earnestly for it to happen...

Bukola Saraki has been marked for 'destruction' by the 'Hawks' in the ruling All Progressives Party (APC). They want him out at any cost. This is the group that Saraki  recently described as "government within government." He is probably...

There is no doubt that the Niger Delta Avengers are not a militant group that is in any way committed to the genuine environmental and underdevelopment issues of the south-south geo-political zone, from all intents and purposes and from...

Nigerians love events and ceremonies. The engine of governance in fact runs on this special fuel, which in many ways has become an occasional excuse for waste and idleness. I have in the course of work attended and compered...

The attempted coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey on July 15, 2016 did not come as a surprise. The surprise expressed by some Western countries - who have first hand information about the state of affairs in...

Over 19 million Nigerians live with one form of disabilities or the other, with more than 80% of them living in the rural areas of the country. In every region of the world, in every country, persons with disabilities...