Opinion

The 8th Senate under the leadership of the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, stands on the precipice of attaining positive legislative change. As the whole country aligns itself with the agenda party at the center, the All Progressives...

The demagoguery of Prime Minster Netanyahu seems to have no limit—demagoguery in a sense that he says and acts on anything to buttress Israel’s hold on the West Bank in the name of national security. This time around, Netanyahu...

Nigeria a multi-ethnic state remains an abode for several traditional and cultural practices mostly occultic in nature and sometimes culturally inclined from across the Niger to the west hinterlands. Several communities still upholds these traditions, customs and the rites...

“There is no immunity for impunity as far as electoral malfeasance is concerned. In the cases of Obi v Mbakwe, Alliance for Democracy v Ayo Fayose and Amaechi v INEC it has been established that governors cannot hide under...

Far from being alarmed at the threat that the global economic situation poses to the Nigerian economy, some group of unpatriotic are impatiently waiting in the wing to cash in on the nation’s economic challenges. These are vultures that...

Corruption stories have been the dominant theme of governance since the Buhari government came into being more than eight months ago. In many ways this is not surprising. His candidacy was marketed on his well-known integrity and apparent incorruptibility....

This week, I would be dwelling on the topic of corruption in Nigeria in my treaty. Very quickly let me state that I am one of those that believe that the problem in Nigeria is not necessarily corruption. I...

"I Owe Long Life, Peaceful Coexistence To Almighty Allah" – these have always been the humble words of the Emir of Zazzau Alhaji Shehu Idris whenever he is approached for a remark on his decades of accomplishments on the...

The federal government had on February 1, unveiled a new 45% increase in electricity tariff regime without recourse to the minute dissenting voices of Nigerians raised against it. This is coming on the heels of a subsisting court order...

Tumbling crude oil prices—with some analysts expecting the price per barrel to hover for some time around $30—is the gravest handicap Nigerians have faced in a while. It is also, I suggest, the greatest opportunity handed to us. In the...