Opinion

“… Likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.” -Matthew 7:27By...

Dear President Buhari, It is with a deep sense of humility that I write to convey to you my sincere feelings on the state of affairs in our nation and my home State, Akwa Ibom. I am doing so as an...

To you, my fellow compatriots, I say, “Do not turn away your attention from this epistle of mine; I address you plainly.” Do you know that we, the people determine what manner of nation we want built? Let us...

In the last couple of months to date, the Naira (NGN) exchange rate to the United States Dollar (USD) in the parallel market has been a subject of discussion amongst economists, financial experts and applied mathematicians. Because the Dollar...

''Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory.'' --Mahatma Gandhi I will start this piece by ingeminating the story of a young man who wanted to travel to the city, but needed to have...

There is today in Nigeria an entire generation of Nigerian-passport wielding men and women who do not actually know, to borrow Achebe’s words that indeed “there was once a country”. These children born in a season of austerity, and...

With the sort of gloom and doom now pervading the sociopolitical atmosphere in Nigeria, due to the ongoing financial crisis, humor seems to be the best antidote for easing the stress. That's why I could not resist starting this article...

This writer, wrote a book nearly fifteen (15) years ago (precisely in 2002), titled: “Qualities of a Good Leader: A Compendium of Thoughts”. The compendium part of it is a collection of numerous points made by egg-heads on qualities...

It goes beyond lovers, its youth culture. There is certain class of boys you do not want near your daughters. It is easier to talk to a son about bad girls than to talk to a daughter about bad...

The trial of Senator Olubukola Saraki, Nigeria’s Senate President, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) continued last Friday, March 11, 2016, since the Supreme Court ordered the senate president to go and face trial at the tribunal. The trial...