Opinion

The Great Ife Students’ Union Building (Ken Saro Wiwa Building) means different things to many people. While to some, it is a place that has produced heroes and legends; to others, it is the bedrock of Students’ militancy; to...

Only yesterday, they were men of power, prancing the national stage with so much haughtiness. They reveled and clowned as their commission lasted. They were invincible, untouchable and beyond reproach. To them, the rest of the country could take...

“Peace and Freedom walk together, and peace is, in the last analysis, basically a matter of human rights” so says former United States President, John F. Kennedy who ironically paid the supreme price when he was assassinated before expiration...

Since President Buhari took the oath of office in May 29 2015, I have been following the political developments with a keen interest, especially the events at the National Assembly. I have witnessed the vicious attacks on APC leadership...

On April 28, 2015, in faraway China, Hebei Province to be specific, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi delivered the key note speech at the 11th Lanting Forum. The focus of his speech was on the theme "Industrial Capacity Cooperation...

Let me have cause to quote again from Francis Fukuyama’s  book entitled, Political Order and Political Decay. He says: “Nigeria’s real institutional deficit lies in the…: lack of strong modern and capable state and absence of rule of law...

The note of warning sounded by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh by Sahara Reporters is very alarming. Alarming because Nigeria is riding an international and domestic feeling of relief over what has been...

The prosperity of every society does not lie in the size of its population or the number of billionaires it produces. It lies in the quality of its human capital and the special privileges accorded to its children –...

For eight years, my friend and former governor of Lagos, Babatunde Raji Fashola, failed to solve the problem of the tanker drivers turning the Mile 2 – Apapa expressway into a parking space. The parking of these trucks on...

Last week was a particularly dispiriting time for forlorn Nigerians who continue to look to their government to deliver them from their woes. One of the reasons Nigerians dumped former President Goodluck Jonathan and hired Muhammadu Buhari was the...