Opinion

“Facts are stubborn things…” John AdamsHer name: Oge Anyaji, she was 32, cut short in the prime of her life. She was like a daughter to us, I still remember echoes of my wife saying, "now I have an additional wife to...

I registered for my National Identity Card on the 6th of August 2013 with National Identification Number (NIN): 66732969424 issued by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) at the Lagos Head Office of NIMC, opposite Shoprite, Ikeja, Lagos. It is...

That Nigeria is seen by a lot of concerned critical thinkers as a failing or failed political entity is a notorious fact. The element that marks a sovereign state as stable and secured is the ability and capacity of the...

To say that Ogoni is the worst place to live on earth may just sound like an over-statement. But It is indeed a fact. Everything seems to work against her. The government had been repressive, the environment is poisoned,...

I visited the website of the new agitators in town, the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA. I had to try to understand something of the body, mind and soul of the group, and why they are blowing up pipelines.  Old school...

With the country moving to its new capital Abuja, the late General Mamman .J. Vatsa wrote: “Keep your new Capital City; It’s too much of a great pity. I am rushing back to my Lagos; Where everyone’s a big...

There is a saying that goes: _‘WHEN TWO ELEPHANTS FIGHT, IT IS THE GRASS THAT SUFFERS’._ This saying that has been used to characterise the carnage borne from the combat of two or more powerful forces cannot be overemphasised...

The British Pound continued to fall heavily against the Dollar as trading for last week came to a conclusion, with the ongoing “Brexit” uncertainty continuing to weigh heavily on investor sentiment. The downbeat comments from Bank of England (BoE)...

Today, May 16, the Issac Boro Day is a well deserved commemorative date for the late Major Issac Jasper Adaka Boro, the legend of Niger Delta struggle. He was unique; when it was time for agitation, he agitated, when...

Labour finally marshalled the courage to stand against the people. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Unions Congress (TUC) are calling for strikes and widespread protests against the deregulation of the downstream sector of the petroleum sector as...