Opinion

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR, would have made history when he hands over power to the President-Elect of Nigeria, General Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, on 29th May, 2015 according to the nation’s constitution, not on 28th May, 2015. Whatever people may say and...

Like Chinua Achebe pointed out in most of his writings, “… a man who does not know where the rain began to beat him cannot say where he dried his body.” Studies on the brain behind the giant technological,...

The general perception is that the abrupt and unceremonious removal of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Suleiman Abba from the leadership of the Nigeria police force was because he chose to do the right thing at this time...

“We should educate the people of their rights; encourage a healthy, moral attitude toward money; rebelling against a bad law and bad leaders is an act of God.” – David-West.   That the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated a 19-member...

In Solomon Ehigiator Arase, the Nigerian people may have found a dependable square peg to head the Nigeria Police, after a decade and a half of a routine game of musical chairs in Louis Edet House, Abuja. His sudden elevation...

As the race for who becomes the speaker of the federal house of representatives gathers momentum, there is a great need for the 360 lawmakers ‎to be clinically careful because whatever they do today will directly affect not only...

Obviously, the current state of the education in Nigeria is not enviable. It's low in quality and standard, limited in its reach and disturbing in its future. Even though the benefits of education are wide, it's widely acknowledged that education...

In May 2000, the British Broadcasting Corporation asked me to contribute an online opinion piece that would x-ray the prospects for socio-economic progress on the African continent. The BBC’s commission was triggered by a series of articles in major...

Nigeria is near bankruptcy. The outgoing government of President Goodluck Jonathan acts in a fashion that would drive any private enterprise into bankruptcy. While the private sector is tightening its belt and learning to live with a myriad of new...

Aminu Waziri Tambuwal is an ebullient young and upwardly mobile Attorney- at -law who rose by dint of hard work, resilience and a certain dosage of mother luck from the benevolent Creator to become a very successful political tactician...