Opinion

This question has become pertinent following the 2016 Budget saga and the narratives trending in the media. Why has Rotimi Amaechi suddenly become the centre of the discussion and the scapegoat? In all of this, I have waited patiently...

At the start of this week as events unfold itself, as the conversation ensues beyond mythical stick of silence of Nigerians, the thought of President Muhammed Buhari doing this for the soul of Nigeria glides over and over. At...

Hello guys. It gives me no pleasure to write you; worse, openly. You leave me no choice but to intervene before our little baby, ULSU, is proscribed again. As leaders of today, forget that leaders of tomorrow rubbish, I think it’s time we...

…I would not have traveled to China. Not at this time, no. In fact, I would tell my Chinese hosts today that I must abbreviate my weeklong visit and return immediately to my office in Abuja. I know that some...

Given the overwhelming weight of evidence against Saraki and the excess baggage of cartons of corruption dating back to his days at Societte General Bank, his days as Governor of Kwara State for 8years, his heavy financial deals across...

A KEY NOTE ADDRESS AT THE 75th ANNIVESARY OF THE STUDENT CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT OF NIGERIA HELD AT THE ATRIUM. YAR’ADUA CENTRE, ABUJA ON 8TH APRIL, 2016. INTRODUCTION The importance of youth in the development of any nation cannot be overemphasized. The...

The recent press release by the Directorate of State Services (DSS), Nigeria’s secret police, to the effect that they discovered some fifty shallow graves, five of which they claimed had some Fulani natives buried in them, is most unfortunate...

The lingering case of fuel scarcity is grave and pathetically telling on all Nigerians. Motorists and vehicle owners now practically live at service stations to get fuel at as much as 200 Naira or more per litre.  It is...

As is usually the case with teenagers leaving home for the first time, when I went to the university, I was adventurous. During my first semester holidays, rather than go home in Lagos, I went with my new found...

The most significant telltale of the economic melt down in Nigeria is the drop in GDP from between 5-6% annually, a couple of years ago to an all time low of 2.7%, according to the National Bureau of Statistics,...