Opinion

An obvious truth about life is that there are two most important days in a man’s existence. The day he was born into this other side of eternity, which is his birthday and the day he shuffles off this...

During his recent visit to Qatar, President Muhammadu Buhari sat for an interview with Martine Dennis of Al Jazeera. Last weekend, close to two weeks after the trip, I finally found time to watch the entirety of the interview....

The past week has been belabored with an intense media siege on River State Governor Nyesom Wike, which has bordered on the incidence of cult wars and violence in certain areas of Rivers State. First it was Eniola Bello of...

March 6th, 2016 was another bad day in Nigeria for road users and its nation’s leadership. Indeed, If put in candid and fearless perspective, it will remain a vital remembrance day that Nigeria citizens ought use to ask its...

Jacob Gedleyihlekisa  Zuma, President of South Africa came visiting Nigeria this week, bearing messages of hope and African renaissance.  The Zuma story is one that teaches Nigeria how to handle its citizens and the fact that human beings if given the...

How do I begin to pay this tribute to a man who was the epitome of civility, the archetype of intellectualism, and the paragon of loyalty? How do I begin to mourn James Ocholi, whom you can describe as...

The trial of Bukola Mesujamba Saraki like Abiku – a Yoruba name for a child in unending cycle of births, deaths, and rebirths – died again last Friday when Danlami Umar the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) chairman acquiesced...

National leaders who find themselves wilting under the withering criticisms by members of the media, would do well not to take such criticism personally but to regard the media as their allies in keeping the government clean and honest,...

A common saying goes thus; when one’s path is obstructed by a heap of logs which must be cleared for passage, the topmost logs must be removed first in the dislodgment process. Or, as the renowned economic historian David...

(Caveat: Another long read). Some may wonder why the question at a time when virtually everyone is dancing surugede (dance of the spirits) in Rivers State. Well, this is a narrative of Rt.Hon.Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi and the meretricious gang of...