Opinion

I am quite taken aback by the linear, Naira centric thinking, patriotic blackmail attempts led by the ‘Buy Nigeria save the Naira’ crusaders and I have no love reserved for the don’t Buy Nigeria just because it’s made in...

On Monday, February 15, 2018, the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria reportedly directed the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, the National Electricity Regulatory Commission and the Distribution Companies to suspend the implementation of the new...

Mark 10:46-52 in the Bible tells of a blind man named Bartimaeus (literally "Son of Timaeus") being present as Jesus left Jericho. Matthew 20:29-34 is a similar account of two blind men being healed outside of Jericho, but gives...

Forty years ago, Brigadier General Murtala Ramat Mohammed was killed in a bloody coup. His murderers truncated his dream of having a Nigeria free of corruption. His death only threw Nigeria many decades backward. His killers succeeded in establishing...

It was a Steven Spielberg that said only a generation of readers will spawn a generation of writers. And like Nelson Mandela, Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State believes that education is the most powerful weapon which one can...

One of the main prerequisites to defeating ISIS in Iraq and stabilizing the country is the establishment of an independent Sunni Iraqi state alongside the current Shiite government and the autonomous Kurdish entity. As long as the Sunni Iraqis...

With gratitude to God, I am alive to read on the Daily Trust (Sunday) of 14th February 2016, front page the 40th ANNIVERSARY MEMORIAL LECTURE of LATE GENERAL MURTALA MUHAMMED whom I accompanied throughout the Civil war from Okene...

The aftermath of April 11, 2015 governorship election in Akwa Ibom State foisted great uncertainties and turbulence on the once congenial polity the State was hitherto known for. A slew of desperation was introduced with all its attendant consequences....

The Presidency turned out to be prophetic when it said it might have stepped on the toes of some very powerful persons in the country in its quest to ensure peace in the Niger Delta region through the Presidential...

Democracy is seen as one of the ultimate ideals that modern civilisations strive to create and preserve. The word democracy literally means rule by the people, taken from the Greek terms, demos (meaning ―people), and kratos (meaning ―rule). It...