Opinion

Way back when James Brown was a star, Harry Belafonte was singing the Calypso, Bob Marley & the Wailers were still popular, and I was dancing to HAPPY BIRTHDAY by Prince Nico Mbarga and the Rocafill Jazz. Then N1...

Perhaps, alongside the deleterious effects of climate change and natural disasters exacerbated by unsustainable socioeconomic practices, effects of increasing youth radicalization and extremism poses one of the most turbulent distractions to mainstream global issues. Unfortunately, global and local actors...

Showering encomiums on the immediate-past Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, is usually distasteful to him. He would rather advise that anyone wishing to felicitate with him should do so through concrete support to promote education in the...

As an overhaul of most systems in Nigeria happens at last, Nigerians are increasingly wondering how to do away with the last remaining vestige of destructive greed, avidity and venality: the House of Assembly. The Ebola plague of the...

Mr. President, there is no aspect of our national polity that can ignore Bola Ahmed Tinubu and here is why. There are several Tinubu legacies that you as President are likely aware of and seven of the legacies of...

After a careful consideration of the ThisDay editorial of June 12, 2015, titled ‘NECO Results and Education in Nigeria’, an article by Claudia Costin that I had read in the June 2015 report of the recent G7-Meeting in Schloss...

The tension and anticipation that heralded the March 2015 presidential election will not be forgotten in a hurry. With Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) screaming "change" and Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) shouting...

In about a week, both the Nigerian Senate and House will return to work. What do you think will happen? The background first. After the elections of the senators and house representatives, the legislatures were legally and constitutionally called to...

It has been rumoured all over the social media that owing to the failure by the APC to issue a 21 days prior notice to INEC for the conduct of her Primaries, the Election Tribunal struck out 2 Election...

What does African oil producing countries; especially Nigeria, Ghana and Equatorial Guinea have in common with American Republicans against our son Barrack Obama? They may not join the rest of the world in the celebration of Iran Nuclear Agreement...