Opinion

Benson Idonije: Dis Fela Sef!: The Legend(s) Untold- A Memoir. Lagos; FESTAC BOOKS, 2016,  282 pp. On the occasion of his 80th birthday, Benson Idonije, who is arguably Nigeria’s most informed analyst of jazz music and an enthusiastic promoter of...

From the quantum of high and not-so-high endorsements he has received so far, it is almost certain that Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama is only waiting to be crowned the next president of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, next month. Within...

We must ask all the cheerleaders encouraging Niger Delta Avengers and other militia groups mushrooming demands or blackmail: which part of Arewa Republic, Odua, or IPOB Republic are we willing to concede to Ijaw President? Biafra would have died...

Kano is the most populous state in Nigeria. By this standing, it is obvious that the state’s feeding bill is a fat one. Most of these food items are imported despite the state having all the potentials needed to...

The recent call by Alhaji Atiku Abubakar for Nigeria to be restructured seems to have struck a chord with many Nigerians. If anything the call by the former Vice President has re-ignited our ceaseless conversations on what some people...

The last general election has been the most divisive ever in the history of Nigeria. Division along ethnic, religion and regional lines. The social media is not speared of the divisive bug, especially Nigeria Twitter and Facebook. You are...

By this time next month, the largest membership Non-governmental body in contemporary Africa-the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) would pick a new national president to succeed the outgoing hierarchy headed by the media shy Chief Augustine Alegeh (SAN). Usually, the Nigerian...

Donald Trump's obscene demagoguery; his contemptuous regard for the first amendment, his desire to expand the authorities of the presidency (the awesome power of which has never been equal to what it is now), his belligerent and threatening attitude...

Those who whipped up ethno-religious sentiments in the run up to the 2015 general elections certainly knew what they were doing. Far from the wider misconception of seeing those unguarded hate comments as desperation of some people to see...

South Africa is in the midst—some would say the very incipient stage—of a major political and cultural revolt. One of the most remarkable things about this movement is that young people, mostly university students, are leading it. I call...