Opinion

My ninety-year-old mother has damaged my pristine image, and I am shopping for a lawyer to sue her. So, dear reader: if you happen to know a ruthless, take-no-prisoner’s lawyer, please, please send me her or his contact details.   In...

What or how long is it going to take before African traditional medicine is transformed into modern pharmaceutical industry? It is becoming difficult and unsustainable not only for Africa but many cities and states in Europe and America to...

The emergence of Prince C as the APC gubernatorial candidate at the recently concluded primaries has generated many comments and a lot of controversy; many have called into question his eligibility for occupying the number one position in Kogi state,...

Muhammadu Bubari no longer carries a gun on his body as he once did in his military days. But today, his political presence as the nation’s President is putting fear into our institutions and public officials; however, it is...

Whatever happens in Nigeria, my first thoughts are usually with the ordinary Nigerian who had suffered untold hardship, injustice and humiliation in a nation where they were relegated to the background by those they trusted with leadership. The people,...

The moral pattern of Nigerian politics continues to degenerate with the crop of politicians elected into leadership positions. In the past, our representatives were primarily chosen based on their governance skills, civil commitment, moral principles, and human values. Broken election...

Socrates, I imagine, might well have found himself at home at a modern-day community meeting, during which local people discuss the socio-economic and environmental challenges they face and determine solutions to meet their needs, in order of priority. Rather than...

Muhammadu Bubari no longer carries a gun on his body as he once did in his military days. But today, his political presence as the nation’s President is putting fear into our institutions and public officials; however, it is...

“Patriotism is fundamentally a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it”--- George Bernard Shaw It is in the light of the above quote that I assert that if there are...

The people of Bayelsa State have it all cut out for them as they go to the poll to elect their next governor come 2016 as incumbent Seriake Dickson, who is gunning to be on the ballot is seeking...