Opinion

Is it true? Could this be true? Can it be right? Is it provable? That the naming of Naira and Kobo (Nigeria’s monetary currency—money in short) was gotten from a joke on Igbos; and an insult on Igbos too?...

At the time of writing this essay, Nigeria has lost 44 of her citizens to the dreaded Lassa Fever which like the equally dreaded Ebola Virus Disease is a haemorrhagic fever that spreads easily from one person to another...

Nigerian presidents are notorious for self-aggrandizement. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo termed himself founder of modern Nigeria. And yet he presided over one of the most imperial eras in his country’s history, making political art out of disdaining the judiciary and...

The universal symbol of justice is the statue of a very beautiful but blindfolded beauty queen wielding a sharp sword with which justice is dispensed to all irrespective of class, status or race. There is also a universal unanimity that...

In the labour front something called jobs cut is fetching primacy. It is becoming a phenomenon across the world – from America to Africa and from the United Kingdom to United Arab Emirate – the story is the same.  It is hitting...

This close relative of ours made a passionate plea sometime ago that it is better for each ethnic group to go its own way than to stay together by tulasi killing one another. It’s like a wife pleading to...

There is a Nigerian saying that the only thing that unites us is football. Well, on the positive side football does. But whenever you have any cause to examine the goings and comings in our fatherland today, you would...

Captain Sagir Koli is a Nigerian hero. For Captain Sagir Koli the battlefield may be the crucible to survive. He must be agile, decisive, quick thinking, and above all courageous. Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines courage as “mental or moral strength to...

Since 1914 (when the Northern and Southern Protectorate) were fused-together to form a country (from many nations and races), and it was named by Lord Lugard’s girlfriend (they were not formally married then) Flora, as Nigeria (from Niger River...

The new measures to ensure transparency in Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) took a new turn last week as the Comptroller-General, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd) ordered officers of the agency to declare their assets. This drive toward effective public...