Opinion

It started in hush tones long before the shameless but divisive verdict by the United States Supreme Court of June 26th 2015 which did not just stop at legalising same sex marriage in the entire fifty states of the...

My dear people of Bayelsa State, fragrance greetings and respect to you all. I felt the need to write you people this letter in order to stir your consciousness and raise awareness towards our forth coming state gubernatorial election. I...

Since May 29, 2015 that the current Federal Government came on board, I have endeavoured to read through the inaugural address of President Muhammadu Buhari over and over again. On the last count, I discovered I have digested it a...

Before General Muhammadu Buhari travelled to the United States on a four-day  official trip, one of the issues dominating the national discourse was the missing $20 billion money in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The issue was first...

With over 20,000 lives wasted by the Boko haram sect, millions of dollars’ worth of property destroyed, more than 500,000 people displaced from their homes, insecurity is unarguably the biggest headache facing the Nigerian government. The trillions of naira wasted...

11 p.m., springtime, a hospital between Ifrane and Fes. A potbellied man in his fifties and a young woman negotiate payment for an illegal procedure. Hugging her, the man tells her to undress, and she begins to shiver. Meriem*...

Haa Izon! Izon Keme mi. For those who may not know, the word “Izon” means “TRUTH”. Therefore, i shall be on the path of truth hereon. I know i will be attacked for this, but, before you start batting an...

When a group of protesters this week staged a march to the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), one’s expectations that youths are waking up to support the war on corruption was soon dashed. The expectations...

The deal with Iran has been generally characterized as either good or bad, and many pronounced it as historic with far-reaching regional and even global implications. I completely disagree with the characterizations of the deal as entirely good or...

Right from the very beginning, the Rivers State All Progressives Congress (APC ) and their key stakeholders enjoyed the brief ill - conferred advantages of deliberate falsehood. On a regular basis, the Rivers APC in liaison with their paid...