Opinion

In my November piece, THE ENEMY WITHIN, I paid homage to Comrade Ibrahim Yusuf, the humble labour leader who introduced me to trade unionism. I was fresh from the university and held strongly to certain ideas. For instance, the...

Dear President Buhari,   We are in dangerous times, and your actions, or inactions, will count for a lot. The truth is that whenever someone begins a project, especially a project which he has fought so hard for, it is important...

Dear Rt. Hon. Onofiok Luke,   Without prejudice to possible legal challenge to your election as the Speaker of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly having regard to the composition of the House as at Monday the 21st December,  2015...

An average Nigerian has gluttonous appetite for every kind of vanity of life. They make merry with lavish parties, luxury cars, exotic apartments and well-crafted designer wears, jewelries and perfumes. The way and manner Nigerians acquire and enjoy exotic...

I am aware that President Buhari's gov­ernment is making tough choices in exchange control re­strictions, altering the absurd recurrent to capital expenditure ratio, reducing the deficit and reducing the overall size of governance. Also on record, the government is cleaning...

There is no social institution with so much influence on the lives of Nigerians than religion. Wherever one turns in southern Nigeria, churches overwhelm the landscape. In particular, the ever-growing Pentecostal churches have taken over most available spaces—industrial buildings,...

To know a true democrat, you should acquaint yourself with some of the characteristics that one must meet. Let us take a look at some basic guiding principles that a leader must meet in order to be called a democrat. Leaders...

Nigeria as a nation-state now, led by elected leaders, is hereby heartfeltingly counselled to remove her annihilative and aggressive guns from the South East (Igboland). Official guns (National Security Forces of Nigeria) are subtly finding their way to the...

"We are thinking outside the box, we want to make sure that Abia survives the post-oil era".- Ikpeazu. Thinking outside the box, which is also referred to as thinking out of the box or thinking beyond the box, is widely...

It is no longer news that the Naira has depreciated in value in the recent weeks. This is the widest gap between the free market value and the Central bank of Nigeria’s rate in the history of the nation....