Opinion

Carol Ajie is a Lawyer. I am not. I am a Lecturer, Carol is not. I took one look at her petition against President Buhari and her call for the respected leader of the most populous black nation to...

If Nigeria, against perceived and preconceived mischievous intentions could survive the year 2015 unscathed, it is now clear that Nigeria's disintegration is non-negotiable. The year 2015 experienced a 12 month apocalypse that nearly ended our 55 years as a sovereign...

Since the inauguration of the current government, it has become clear that Nigeria has been under siege for decades, vacillating from one corrupt government to the other with leaders who either lack patriotic commitment for the collective interests of...

President Muhammadu Buhari had few hours before the end of last year took questions from some select journalists drawn from about four media houses including traditional and social media in what the presidency termed maiden media chat. The media chat...

The guns blazed, the smell of cordite against flesh stung the air, announcing deaths, yes, and mortification of human beings from this existence. As the smokes from the blazing muzzles, smoke from teargas and smoke from burning structures blew...

There is a specious argument making the rounds in favour of the many pseudo-democrats in Africa who pose as democrats but are masquerades indeed. Unfortunately of late, the rhetoric usually comes from a much respected elite and every so...

The sexual harassment case against Bill Cosby by about fifty different women has now finally taken a different turn into a criminal prosecution. It became a political football during election by two rivals for the District Attorney regarding one...

“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity” -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We grab a dog with the hands and it escapes; thereafter we beckon it with two fingers. (If both hands cannot detain...

On Thursday, December 31, 2015, the Court of Appeal, sitting in Owerri, nullified the election of Okezie Ikpeazu of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as governor of Abia State and declared Alex Otti of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) the...

Since the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah released the bombshell on the Muslim leadership of Northern Nigeria, Muslims have, as usual, been weird in their reactions. Several Muslim writers, critics and organizations have picked holes in Kukah’s...