Opinion

A couple of years ago, Nigerian economy was growing at between 6-7%, GDP rate. This was probably due to the fact that crude oil/gas, Nigeria's main export earner, attracting 90% of foreign exchange, FX income and which constitutes about...

Five months have passed since the infamous and controversial inconclusive Kogi governorship election, yet the cracks that emerged on the Kogi political sphere are far from being mended. While the Election Tribunal is busy hearing the cases of dissatisfied...

Guess what Chinese government officials probably did once they concluded the deal with Nigeria; they may have joyfully popped their champagnes and toast to the victorious renminbi (Yuan), the Chinese rising currency. Just for a second, try to put on...

I read an interesting article recently in which the author, objecting to President Muhammadu Buhari’s frequent travels abroad pointed out that Presidential spokespersons since 1999, including this writer, have always justified such trips using essentially the same arguments. The...

Years ago (nearly six years now), we (a group of friends) had a brainstorming session on the bane (woes) of Nigeria as a nation-state. We asked each of us in the session to list (repeat: list) 50 bane of...

Perhaps, the most cheering news to ever emanate from Nigeria and consoling is the official declaration of the eventual suppression and defeat of the Islamic insurgents which goes by the appellation Boko Haram (BH). The triumph over BH, rated...

The pledge by the government of President Buhari to fast track (now slow-tracking) the process to implement the recommendations of the  United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) audit report on Ogonilandhad raised hopes and won the commendation of many including...

Nigerians can confidently attest to the annihilation of the Boko Haram insurgents and near complete triumph of federal troops in the war against terrorism in the North East and elsewhere in the country, since President Muhammadu Buhari assumed office...

The blind person who shuts his eyes and says he is asleep; when he was not asleep whom did he see? As a people, we at most, talk, write and discuss the Nigerian myth with a sense of fatalism. If...

The former Minister of Finance under President Jonathan has been in the news for sometimes now, making interventions in the body polity with respect to past administration with emphasis on Jonathan’s six years tenure. PDP ruled Nigeria for 16...