Opinion

A popular Yoruba proverb says it is weird to find oil in a place where you expect water. This proverb succinctly captures the reaction of many Nigerians when Ayodele Fayose emerged as the governor of the ‘’Fountain of knowledge’’...

In case you haven’t heard, the man died last night. He was a man of many ways - strong, unrepentant and boisterous. He bestrode this land like a colossus, trampling on ordinary Nigerians with ease. With the gift of the...

He was a consistent challenger who never rest on his oars. He is focus, purposeful in his undertakings and meticulous in his political designs. So far, his steadfastness and lucky streak has paid off as he waits to be...

All idiots are morons, but not all morons are idiots.   In the last one year, I have done a sizable amount of work on not just Boko Haram but also the Chibok girls, killings, abductions and the conflict in Nigeria's...

The Presidential and National Assembly Elections of March 28 has come and gone, but its outcome will continue to be subject of discussion in months and years to come. Apart from being a keenly contested race, it is also...

I am one of the millions of masses who yearned and prayed for the change that motivated you to democratic power. Though I have remained overjoyed with President Jonathan’s defeat and the meek manner of his concession, I am...

At the risk of sounding deeply frustrated, I was compelled by some circumstances beyond my immediate control to stay out of the fray that characterized the closing week of the March 28th 2015 Presidential election. Due to certain personal...

As we celebrate a successful fulfillment of this foreign democratic process, we must keep our minds clear and our guards up. A war seems to have been averted, but which war and what kind of averting? Is Jonathan a hero...

A REJOINDER TO YUSSUF ALLI’S DIATRIBE AGAINST OKONJO-IWEALA IN ‘WHAT BECOMES OF JONATHAN’S WOMEN?’ Yusuf Alli’s piece titled ‘What becomes of Jonathan’s Women’ and his narrow-minded and unsubstantiated conclusions and barefaced lies about the performance of Okonjo-Iweala is indeed only...

Mr. Owete is one of the many South Easterners and other Nigerians who are crying for SESS. My advice was/is: do not cry for SESS. Actions have consequences and when one thinks and acts one has to accept the...