Opinion

My column last week, titled “Corruption and Buhari’s Perfect Storm,” provoked vigorous debate on social media. In addition, I received numerous emails from readers who wished to weigh in on my central prescription, that incoming President Muhammadu Buhari ought...

Glaucoma is an eye disease that damages the optic nerve and impairs vision which in many occasions progress to total blindness. Glaucoma affects people of all ages, and is the second major cause of blindness globally after cataract and...

How was a President called Muhammad Hosni El-Sayed Mubarak sentenced to prison for corruption, nay stealing, as defined by a Nigerian President? Does Egypt have the wealth that can attract stealing by its leaders? Is this the Egypt that...

Chris Okotie is the first cerebral pastor in Nigeria to make an apostolic incursion into Nigeria’s dirty presidential politics. In 2003 he contested under Justice Party, placing 8th out of 29 candidates with 119,547 votes. Okotie formed FRESH Democratic...

About 6 months ago when political parties began their primary elections to choose their representatives for the various elective posts across the federation, many didn't know where the pendulum would swing.   To the out going ruling party, PDP, they thought...

Ever so often, even in the midst and outcry over poor leadership in Nigeria, a leader occasionally comes up with a policy or programme that stands out from the pack, offering hope, as the case may be. One of...

I always feel enthused with the words of the executive governor of Imo state, Chief Owelle Rochas Okorocha about the President-El4ect, General Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR. Chief Rochas was the first to name GMB the Igbo name Okechukwu. This is...

After fifteen years of nations pursuing the Millennium Development Goals established by the United Nations, representatives of the member states, along with experts and private citizens, have defined Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to help set the course for the...

In the past few months, about twenty of Nigeria’s thirty-six states have become struggling, financially unhealthy, and economically-unviable states. From conservative estimates, they have not been able to pay their staff salaries for at least three months. While some...

Since the victory of the All Progressives Congress, APC, from the epic electoral battles, each section of the six geo-political zones of the federation has been jostling for choice positions at the centre. This is expected and permitted giving the spirit of...