Opinion

The recent declaration by Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, that All Progressives Congress, APC, won the presidential election, will go down memory lane as one of the electoral victories never envisaged in the African continent.   The conduct of the elections...

Some progress made, but challenges remain   When the Rwandan delegation went to Beijing, China, in 1995 for the landmark women’s conference, just a year after the genocide in their country, the East African nation was cited as one of the...

Human Rights groups that are operationally based in the United Kingdom and the United States of America such as Amnesty International (AI) and Human Rights Watch can comfortably lay claim to playing significant roles in bringing about civil activism...

President Muhammadu Buhari’s inauguration last week was a mixed bag. On the plus side, the president gave an inaugural speech that—despite a few wrinkles—was tailored for the occasion.   The speech captured something of the experience and spirit both of Buhari’s...

Given the impasse between Israel and the Palestinians in the peace negotiations, the formation of a new right-wing Israeli government will make it further difficult for the two sides to come to terms on their own to reach a...

At this early stage of our national journey to stability and monumental change demanded by Nigerians themselves by reposing the very heavy burden of democratic governance on the shoulders of the tested, trusted and the nationalist patriot President Muhammadu...

Now that the campaigns and elections are over and the winners have been sworn in at both the federal and state levels, I think that the best next step for us now is to hurriedly put aside the convenient,...

According to published reports, the Prime Minister of UK Mr. Cameron asked President Buhari (PMB) to bring along his shopping list to the G (7/8/10 whatever) meeting. Many Nigerians jumped on this generosity of UK and possibly US. Mr....

A certain Philosopher (I think that great man was Socrates) was seen in the broad day light in the market place with a lighted lantern moving around as if to say he had no definitive mission in mind. When...

Muhammadu Buhari is in trouble. However, I am not cringing in sympathy for him: he asked for it, and he must bear his cross alone like a messiah. Nonetheless, I must confess that I am not treating his plight...