Opinion

More than six months after taking the Oath of Office and pledging to bring much-needed change to Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari finally swore in 36 men and women as ministers to complete the formation of his government this month....

The deadlock in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process appears to be illogical and unsettling as a majority of Israelis and Palestinians realize that coexistence, whether under conditions of enmity or friendship, is a fact that neither side can change short...

We are a democratic nation, our laws are written, documented and above all Nigeria is signatory to international conventions on human rights. In trying to kill corruption, we must not kill the constitution or destroy enabling laws in a...

I believe that a nation need not be a fixed, immutable entity, but a living organism, susceptible (in keeping with laid out procedures and according to the wish of its constituent elements) to growth or contraction. As a principle,...

The media has come under attack once more. This time, it is not just the mainstream media, but the new or social media that is under attack thanks to the introduction of a controversial Social Media Bill by Senator...

I have watched the judicial terrain as regards the electoral jurisprudence with trepidation and grave concern. This era is without doubt the worst for those seeking justice in the several electoral matters that have been brought to the tribunals...

Those who remember Ethiopia in the 1980s may feel a disturbing sense of déjà vu. The country is once again facing devastating climatic conditions: rains have failed; millions of people need food aid; children are suffering from severe malnutrition....

For three years, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) led by the ousted Ibrahim Lamorde and the Senate committee led by senator Aloysius Etuk tried endlessly to prove that Adbulrasheed Maina, chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team...

Perhaps the most daunting challenge of nationhood in the Nigerian polity from time immemorial has been the most ashamedly cankerworm of corruption which permeates every sphere of our national life. Corruption is everywhere the world over and it will...

A MAN TOOK HIS GOAT TO THE MARKET, AFTER NEGOTIATION, ANOTHER MAN AGREED TO BUY. THE BUYER BROUGHT OUT THE MONEY TO PAY, BUT BOTH THE SELLER AND BUYER WERE DISTRACTED BY AN ACTIVITY IN THE MARKET. WHILE THEY CONCENTRATED...