Opinion

The protracted scandalous impasse and controversy over the emergence of the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives and selection of other principal officers of the current National Assembly which escalated into fisticuff on Thursday June...

Just a week after assumption of office as Governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike announced that he has taken a whooping N10 billion loan. According to the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, this loan is...

I have read Arc. Ezekiel Nya-Etok's perspective  on the Akpabio third term cabinet in Gov. Emmanuel administration. Arc. Nya-Etok seems to imply that there is no cause for alarm. For Ekid people, who are grossly marginalized and unrepresented in...

The current fuel crises in Nigeria and the harsh reality of falling oil price in the international market has once again opened up the debate on deregulation of Nigeria's petroleum sector Deregulation of the petroleum sector refers to the reduction,...

This article tries to do two things; to diagnose what has gone on so far with Nigeria and to provide a prognosis of the future. Nigeria has been sick for a while and the future looked/looks bleak. The immediate challenge...

An adage says, “Show me your friend and I will tell you who you are.” This should be reframed “Show me your leader and I will tell you the follower you are.” This shows that leaders and followers co-create...

Almost a year ago, during the formative stages of APC, I had warned Nigerians that PDP will not go down without a fight.  I had written then that PDP and its supporters will not go down without pulling down...

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,...

As children, most people were faced with lots of difficulties as a result of parental deficiencies while growing up. Some were as a result of the fact that they became orphans before they even knew their left from right,...

We all know that the more ministers, commissioners, local chairmen and councilmen there are to justify our agitation for more states and 250 ethnicities, the more money leaks from treasury for political and ethnic champions. When there are more...