Opinion

On February 20, 2016, at a press briefing, Nigeria’s Minister for Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, reportedly made an error in arithmetic. While giving a report on the findings of auditors on various boards in the country, she accused an examination...

President Muhammadu Buhari has so much political capital, he can do no wrong. At least not yet, almost a year into his “extended stay” political honeymoon. But his chest of ‘monetary capital’ is another story. With crude oil –...

A lot has been said about the state of 'insecurity' in Rivers State with heightened efforts by elements within the All Progressives Congress (APC) to promote the notion that they are being persecuted in order to achieve key objectives...

OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION AT STAKEHOLDERS CONSULTATIVE FORUM IN NIGERIA TO MARK THE 2016 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY AT THE NATIONAL WOMEN DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, ABUJA ON 8TH MARCH, 2016. INTRODUCTION It has been established that the development of any country requires the...

Cattle grazing should not be a cross country menace across West Africa with Fulani’s philosophy that only God owns land. No ethnic group does in this century; because they only provide a marginal amount of Africa’s meat supply. It...

I received a plaintive note last week from a young man who seemed rather shocked that I had not written about Nigeria’s scandal of the moment—the harrowing story of a 14-year old girl named Ese Rita Oruru, abducted from...

Propaganda and hoodwinking is known to be the stock in trade of members of APC. This unusual talent, yes I call it a talent is not in short supply particularly with the APC in Rivers State. It therefore came...

Only a few months after Turkey’s President Erdogan raided the offices of the Koza Ipek Media Group, the Turkish police assaulted early this month the offices of Feza Publications, which owns two newspapers (including Zaman) and two TV stations,...

The “abduction”, “eloping” or “kidnapping” of Ese Oruru from Delta State, resident in Bayelsa has won an “Oscar” in sudden stardom and subsequent diatribes based on evasive, subjective, defensive and ruthless attacks along ethno-religious persuasions. Many people in their...

The value and worth of a currency is determined by the wealth of a nation.  In this era of global capitalism, a wealth of nation goes beyond the conventional valuation based on the natural and human resources.  A nation’s image, perception,...