Opinion

Last week, I suggested that President Muhammadu Buhari has squandered a full month of his presidential tenure doing little. Many readers understood the spirit of the piece, which is, quite simply, that Nigerians deserve nothing short of engaged, stellar...

The contraband lawmakers in the National Assembly are like people who sit on a throne on the skulls of their enemies, the poor Nigerian captive wretches. The contraband legislators represent clear and present danger to the pursuit of  happiness,...

A London based watchdog, Amnesty International gave a damning report in 2011 about the Nigeria Police brutal preoccupation thus: "Beware of police roadblocks in Nigeria. If you cannot pay a bribe, you can end up dead"! It's a case...

I can't think of anyone likely to be inspired by the Senate led by the scheming, diabolical and treacherous Kwara Senator, Bukola Saraki. The illegal election of Saraki as the Senate leader has further driven the Senate to a...

There's an idiom, "a house divided against itself cannot stand," and as it stands, All Progressive Congress (APC) the party Nigerians entrusted with power to come rescue this nation from bad leadership has been thrown into a pandemonium. The...

We seem to forget what we hated so much about Buhari and Obasanjo, even under his civilian rule. Buhari may come out even worse if he cannot get his way on corruption. Nigerians need a decisive leader to set...

On 26 June, 2015 the world watched with horror, shock and disdain the unprovoked terrorist attacks claiming the lives of about 50 people and leaving many others injured in three countries-France, Kuwait and Tunisia. This deadly act came few...

Before an election the supremacy of the party over electoral candidates is unquestioned and unquestionable. But after the election the elected officials become the leaders of the nation and their political party loyalty shifts to the nation. Their political...

The title of this article is coined from a famous statement "Accord Co-cordial, Now Accord Discordant" credited to the very colorful politician of the second republic, late Kingsley Ozumba Mbadiwe.   The statement was made in the aftermath of the conflict...

A ‘social fact’ of life is that not all of us will reach old-age. While we pray to be old, we sometimes reject the label of being tagged ‘old school’ in everyday conversation. This is partly due to the...