Opinion

The media has come under scrutiny once more. The most recent is the recent “ban” on the African Independent Television (AIT) a private television station, from covering the activities of Nigerian President-elect General Muhammadu Buhari. Ever since this was...

Since the results of the Presidential election were announced with the emergence of the General Muhammadu Buhari, many people have voiced one form of concern or another. In particular, the results took many people by surprise, especially in the...

The destructive attacks in South Africa on Nigerians and other sub-Saharan Africans are tragic and mindlessly wrong. The assaults sorely bruise the objective of inter-African harmony. They also put an eraser to the idyll of progress and domestic tranquility...

From the innermost chambers of my heart I want to celebrate all the leaders of APC, from the commonest members to the President-Elect, General Muhammadu Buhari. I appreciate all of you for taking the Bull by the horns to...

One of the most troubling developments resulting from the escalation of violent extremism in the Middle East is the rise in the number of Muslims from the West who are joining the ranks of jihadist groups, notably ISIS. Western...

It has often been said that elections in Nigeria have always been issues concluded for the electorate by a few strong men, most times, in the wee hours of the morning, and the rigmarole of voting, counting and winning...

In today’s column I have decided to fundamentally depart from any discussion of a hard core subject matter such as human and/or natural disasters like the Nepal Earthquake that recently killed nearly four thousand people (may their souls rest...

The incoming national government of the All Progressives Congress ( APC ) under the presidency of Mohammadu Buhari could make our economy more productive, not only by addressing the high cost of civil service operations in Nigeria but by...

Bring in the capable "outsiders" Ribadu lost... Na Adamawa lose Agbaje lost... Na Lagos lose As dem lose so... Na Nigeria gain Because these are men driven by great ideals I have heard good things about Peter Obi Oby Ezekwesili needs no introduction If these people...

My recent article, titled “Bola Tinubu is General Buhari’s James Ibori” has apparently been widely published and therefore has elicited an equally diverse range of responses, mainly quite civil even while disagreeing with my general position.   However, to those readers...