Opinion

Ethiopia is primarily in the news this week, but not because it is hosting the on-going African Union (AU) Heads of State Summit. Rather, it is about two worrying developments. The advancing drought for which needed international funds are...

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike is a product of the most significant trinity in our political history. He was voted by the people, ordained by God and confirmed by the Supreme Court. He is a man of destiny,...

“The Online Warriors” penned by Reuben Abati and published by SaharaReporters yesterday compelled me to re-publish “Abati: The Grammarian’s Funeral” one of the many articles I wrote on him when he was the attack dog of former President Goodluck...

In just two decades, primary school enrolment in two of the world’s poorest countries — Niger and Burkina Faso — increased from 20% to more than 60%. Despite this encouraging trend, both countries are rated as having failed to...

When President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Dr. Ibe Kachikwu immediately after assumption of office on May 29, 2015 as the Group Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer (GMD/CEO) of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), it bemused many Nigerians. Those more...

Bureau De Change round tripping is far worse than monkey dey work baboon dey chop. They represent the rich and powerful taking advantage of Peoples Foreign Reserve. Praises must first and foremost be given to hard working men, women...

Nigeria threw a shot against Apathied South Africa when it boycotted a commonwealth game in 1978 to register anger against the race-based segregation. Nigeria repeated same feat in 1986, this time, leading 32 out of 59 commonwealth countries in...

My criticisms of the excesses of the online phenomenon in terms of its brazen abuse in an unregulated environment has often made me the target of attacks, with many insisting on quoting the opening paragraph of a piece I...

Blackman’s story is always a big story! His ways (mannerisms and actions) are wonderments to Mother Nature!! The outcomes of his different manifestations are indeed awesome!!! (to other cultures and sub-cultures of the different parts of the world—Caucasian, Mongoloid,...

It is usually tough explaining the intricacies of the business and politics of oil to everyday folks. For instance, people outside some major cities still have to buy petrol above the N87 belt announced by the Minister of State...