Opinion

INTRODUCTION   It's exactly one month since Dr Samuel Ortom was sworn in as Governor of Benue State and it all seems like it's been a year. There's been so much activities, intrigues and arguments within this short period that I...

Among other social issues in Nigeria, corruption has received serious and consistent attention from Nigerians and non-Nigerians. Many commentaries have been passed, several journals, newspaper and magazine volumes have been published on corruption in Nigeria, sermons and teachings have been preached in...

The crocodile and alligator may look alike but they are not friends either, so also the man who planted banana and expected plantain on the premise they look alike would be disappointed.   I have in the last few weeks watched...

Twelve years after his first bid for the presidency, three months after he knew for certain that he would lead Nigeria and almost one full month after his formal inauguration, President Buhari is nowhere to be found.   There is a...

Upon his election as a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2011 to represent the good people of Kogi Central Senatorial District, not many thought he was going to make any impact in the Senate, perhaps, because...

Sir, there is a remarkable side to the 2015 General Elections that Nigerians are yet to understand and appreciate. And yet, it is as extra-ordinary as it is profound. This is in the parallels between 2015 and 1983, and...

In the heat of the just  ended electioneering  campaigns, some supporters of the then ruling political party- Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) somewhat invented  a speculation to the effect that the World powers- USA and UK have all thrown their...

A couple of years ago I wrote an article explaining what I felt was a real risk to Nigeria’s national interest due to the growing trend of 10.5 million school age children being out of school.  The article concluded that...

I am tempted to dance naked for the new regime in Nigeria under the leadership of the venerable Muhammadu Buhari. Why? I am inebriated by the grandiose social safety net programs that are about to be rolled out in...

“Recover our looted funds”, every Nigerian patriot is telling President Muhammadu Buhari. “I will do”, Mr. President assures. “A Daniel comes to judgment! yea, a Daniel! O wise young judge, how I do honour thee!” Shylock proclaimed in Shakespeare's _The Merchant...