Opinion

Turkish President Erdogan’s May 2013 plan to raze Gezi Park in Central Istanbul and replace it with a replica 19th century Ottoman barrack prompted anti-government protests in Istanbul and other cities across Turkey, which led to violent confrontations where...

Ever since Unoma Akpabio nominated then Deacon Udom Emmanuel as her husband's successor, not a few people believed that former Gov. Akpabio was angling for a third term by proxy. That Akpabio is now firmly implementing his third term...

After reading the comments against the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun by the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the party, Comrade Timi Frank, I was perturbed that a man of Timi’s status could...

The immediate past President Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan was a human being with all the components of human mind. Since he eventually handed over the nation’s power after years of his leadership as the president of Nigeria, Nigerian people...

The present Osun financial crises evoke pity if one takes the time to understand its structural roots. It is hard for those of us who are familiar with the turf watch the  governor, a man of an otherwise adored...

“More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of”, Alfred Lord Tennyson. President Muhammadu Buhari’s success in the next four years will place Nigeria in a level that has never been attained by any former Nigerian leader, no doubt....

During the campaigns,  Rivers State Governor,  Nyesom Ezenwo Wike promised to build a new Rivers State where transparency,  accountability and comprehensive development shall be the watch word.  This promise was replicated in all the 23 local government areas of...

President Muhammadu Buhari is dangerously close to leaving Nigerians disillusioned. Forget about his failure (as at this writing) to announce his cabinet, bad as it is. For me, the deeper disappointment lies in the near-absence of the president’s voice...

Would the violent turmoil that exists in present-day Iraq be less - or even absent - had the nation undertaken decentralized reconstruction in the aftermath of the U.S. invasion in 2003?  Or adopted federalism (a formalized decentralized system) in...

Two things that I know very well:  not all smart people play chess, but no dumb person plays chess.   In the last one week, Nigerians in their usual manner has made so much noise, and this time the noise is...