Opinion

Soon after the March 28, 2015 presidential elections where the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) conceded defeat to the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), a majority of memebers and supporters of APC hurriedly declared the PDP dead, saying...

Oh God Almighty in whose all Almighty hands are the destinies of nations and individuals please protect this president and his cabinet members. A time comes in the life of any country when good men take the centre stage...

The political intrigues playing out as being orchestrated by the advocates of Mr. Godwin Emefiele’s sack is nothing but sickening. You wonder what Emefiele’s sins are. The clamour is assuming a maddening crescendo without the advocates considering the implication...

We gathered in Abuja. A crowd of activists,  academics, unionists, diplomats, students, lawyers and conscientious Nigerians.  We were complemented by a platoon of ambassadors.  It was Saturday March 12, 2016. The mood was sombre; tinged  with the painful realization...

In fulfillment of his promise to tackle Boko Haram terrorism, then turn his attention to crude oil thefts and the sabotage of oil installations in the Delta region of the country, President Muhammadu Buhari went on a two-day state...

Despite the perceived viciousness of the military regime of late General Sani Abacha and the condemnation which trailed it, that government did the unthinkable when it ironically or rather absurdly sent troops to restore a democratically elected government of ...

A wise man once said: “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country” Those were the immortal words uttered by the late President John F Kennedy in 1961. In Nigeria we seem...

Caveat emptor: I am writing this article as Petra, a daughter of Kogi State, because the indignation I feel due to the unprecedented and inconceivable rot that has been entrenched in the state of my birth. This decay I...

University education in Nigeria presently consists of what was known as the 3R’s: reading, writing and arithmetic. This is ultimately the principal role of any institution of learning from primary to secondary to higher education. But education is for...

What Senator Biodun Olujimi (PDP, Ekiti South) did with her presentation of a bill on gender and equal opportunities on March 15, is the equivalent of trying one’s luck. But she deserves praise for her courage and progressive views,...