Opinion

A nation that forgets its past can function no better than an individual with amnesia. - David McCullough "Maybe they were saying chains when we thought it was change", blurted a certain social media senator, who has made the cyberspace...

I am compelled to react to Mr Oraye St. Franklyn’s latest piece on the violent political/cult killings in Rivers State captioned “APC’s politicisation of insecurity in Rivers State: Unpatriotic and bad for development” in which he tried frantically albeit...

A lot of counter terrorism measures and anti-kidnapping efforts have been undertaken and have been result oriented and far reaching since the present IGP came on board. The IGP on assumption of duty told Nigerians that he is ready...

I took Donald Trump for a joker when he declared his intention to run for the American Presidency. I assumed the Apprentice was bored  making deals, and wanted time out to engage in publicity stunts. I thought he would spice...

“May we never walk when the road waits, famished” – Wole Soyinka, The Road Two major road accidents in the last week brought to the fore again the dangers that lie in wait on Nigerian roads.  The Minister of State...

What constitutes a people lie in their commonly held values. The Nigerian peoples, Hausa, Fulani, Yoruba, Igbo, Ijaw, etc have core values and beliefs that keep them united as a people and Nigeria has imbibed these collectives of values...

The recent ethnic/regional clashes between  some Yoruba youths and some people of northern Nigeria extraction at Mile 12, Lagos, is the latest in a series of clashes between host communities (indigenes)  and ‘settlers’ across the country. Lagos, given its...

In the short period that I have been privileged to serve as Minister of Finance, I have observed that even the most basic systems and controls over the management of our resources are in dire need of strengthening. While...

...And yet another set of BIRS staff were beaten up in Adikpo. From protest march to Government House, it has now become a street affair. Something is obviously wrong. I supported and voted Samuel Ortom to become Governor. I...

From an unpublished book I have written since the last half a decade on one of Nigeria’s most influential litigation lawyers CHIEF AFE BABALOLA (SAN) I will borrow some citations of what constitute good leadership as espoused by leading...