Opinion

Every action has its reaction. Nigeria is adjudged to be the country witnessing the toughest permutations in sub Sahara Africa. on the basis of this, we can say that Nigeria houses the toughest set of people and a pointer...

Born on May 6, 1971 to the late Alhaji Umar Abatemi-Usman, one-time Deputy Governor of old Kwara State and Hajia Safiya Abatemi-Usman, Deen, as he is fondly called by family and friends, attended St Louis Nursery and Primary School...

President Muhammadu Buhari owes himself a lot for sticking out his neck and campaigning; he owes his supporters a lot for helping him reach the presidency he had sought for and failed for many years. He probably owes his...

  Today there is no spectacle as ridiculous as the Nigerian motoring public in one of its periodic fits of anxiety about the near anarchy state of the urban road transport sector occasioned by the absence of a regulator. Every...

The 8th National Assembly resumed plenary on Tuesday 28th July after weeks of recess – an adjournment that was prompted by the leadership crisis of the June 9th, 2015 inauguration of the legislature. So far, the Senate, having sat...

It is often said that in the world of the blind man, the Cyclops must be crowned King. Hence, in a world that has become dominated by the media, whoever controls the media, controls the masses. In Nigeria today,...

A new day has dawned for millions of Nigerian electricity consumers as the the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has directed  Power Generation and Distribution Companies (GENCOs and DISCOs) to abolish the age long practices of fixed electricity charges...

I read a curious  story on sexual harassment in the Vanguard newspaper, Friday August 14th, 2015 titled ”Sexual harassment in which the writer said that Nigeria badly needs effective laws against sexual harassment”. Before I add my voice to...

The enduring impasse between Israel and the Palestinians in the peace negotiations and their changing internal political dynamics has made it impossible for them to resolve the conflict on their own. Leaving them to their own devices is no...

The enormously popular talk show, Berekete on Wazobia FM radio, Abuja station told the incredible, yet true story of the hardworking and respected school teacher somewhere in Plateau state who hanged himself. He hadn't been paid salary for seven straight...