Opinion

Firstly, as a true Igbo man born and bred by Igbo Parents although in the Northern part of Nigeria, I greet you Madam First Lady on the assumption of office of your dear husband as our democratically elected President...

WHEN I was Acting General Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in 2011, we ordered workers’ strikes following disagreements on the implementation of the new Minimum Wage. Ogbeni  Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola, Executive Governor of the State of Osun...

For far too long, sexual violence or sexual harassment has endured with no one accountable at the policy, enforcement or jurisdictional level. Naturally, females are mostly at the receiving end of sexual harassment and other forms of sexual violence in...

Unarguably, prior to March 28, 2015 Presidential election, Nigeria was at the brim of collapsing owing to series of financial and political atrocities committed and incited respectively by the last administration in the country. Those sad experiences by Nigerians...

Whether Americans or Africans, my friends reacted in much the same way when I disclosed I was headed for Hargeysa, the capital of Somaliland, to participate in an international book festival.   “Somalia?” one friend asked, a look of deep concern...

Every introductory year a student of Political Science is told that power is central to any political discourse. Once you have political power, you are told, you have everything. There are many things you can do when in power...

President Muhammadu Buhari is on an arduous task. It is a tough and mine-laden task. He has a demanding mission to clean the Augean stable left behind by the wasteful and prodigal Jonathan regime. He has mountain of debris...

Defeated Rivers State APC Governorship Candidate, Mr Dakuku Peterside needs our help. For a man suffering acute delirium he needs urgent assistance before his situation degenerates further. Last weekend at a wedding in a prominent Anglican Church in Port Harcourt,...

All through history, the most essential ingredient for leadership has always been character. Although other ingredients such as empathy, toughness, knowledge and intelligence are frequently mentioned, these traits are all too often really subordinate aspects of character. Encarta English...

I will take the liberty of my poetic licence to quote verbatim from the August 6th 2015 edition of Washington Post the story written about the recently held Presidential debate by members of the Republican party in the United...