Opinion

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,...

If I can make it there I'll make it anywhere It's up to you New York, New York - Frank Sinatra Igbo Nigerian-Americans have finally arrived and now they are making it in New York. They are living the American dream in the...

Rwandan government implements an ambitious development master plan Wanda’s moniker, “land of a thousand hills,” not only attests to the country’s unique geography but also suggests the trajectory of Kigali through its many crises to become a model sustainable city. Kigali...

Of course, in what was clearly a case of stampede by the Upper chamber of the National Assembly, a resolution compelled the Governing Board of the Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB) to approve a three-year validity life-span for the...

Family is traditionally composed of a man and woman who have sexual rights over one another and where in procreation is enhanced. This is to say that a family will consist of a man, his wife and their children. As...

We’re in the season of change. For the first time in Nigeria’s history, the voice of the people resonated loudly at the polls when the then opposition party APC was voted into power. It was a defining moment for...

The move by the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) to impeach South African President Jacob Zuma for corruption, was bound to end in failure. This is because the ruling African National Congress (ANC) had ahead of the April 5, 2016...

Born into the family of late billionaire business mogul and Senate Leader of the Second Republic, Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki and Barrister Morenike Saraki, the incumbent Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, can be said to have come to...

“I saw something yesterday. I thought it was a joke.” “What happened?” “Nigerians and their sense of humour; we always manage to squeeze laughter out of every situation, no matter how sad.” “I don’t like the suspense. What is it?” “I attended a...