Opinion

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,...

Firstly, I'd like to thank Nigeria's former President Olusegun Obasanjo. In 2004, he made a decision that has come to profoundly affect my life today. I would certainly have no reason whatsoever to even consider writing this, talk less...

Our country is a secular state, but the Nigerian spirit teaches us to stand up for justice,  defend the weak, the repressed and the oppressed.  Nigerians are so fair-minded that even in football, if our national team is not playing well,...

First let me quickly thank my brother and friend Sam Kalu for this narrative. It talks about Otabil's parable of onions and why Zuckerberg is richer than Ghana. Let me do a quick introduction: Mensa Otabil is a Ghanaian theologian,...

Senator David Mark (PDP, Benue South) is back at the senate after a slim victory in the February 20 re-run election against challenger Daniel Onjeh of All Progressives Congress (APC). Mark, a former senate president, won the re-run election...

Religion is one of the greatest institutions created by man. For instance, Islam is defined as a “religion of peace” but you will find in the Quran some passages as violent as this: ''And when the sacred months are...

“Anyone Can Be A Barbarian, It Requires A Terrible Effort To Remain A Civilized Man” Leonard Sydney. The Urhobo people are inexorably obsessed with matters concerning their customs and traditions. They hold on to their tradition with pathological imperativeness notwithstanding...

“And the Ibos have started again about the Biafra. You know what? I am ready to go to the next war if there’s going to be a balkanization of this country.” (Nigerian Tribune February 27, 2016.) That is...