Opinion

Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone remain vigilant as infections decline in the three countries Paolo Conteh, Sierra Leone’s defence minister and head of the country’s National Ebola Response Centre, was an athlete who set a 400-metres national record in 1982...

Much of my professional life involves applying democratic, participatory decision-making methods in order to catalyze and bring to fruition human development initiatives.  We are fortunate that these enjoy a high success rate, leading to shared socioeconomic and environmental benefits. ...

Last Saturday’s Presidential and Legislative elections has come and gone and will go down in our history as one of the most unprecedented in terms of its peaceful outcome. It has been categorised as the most free and fair...

The race for who becomes Nigeria's number 3 citizen i.e. President of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in an APC-dominated upper chamber beginning from May 29, 2015 is already in top gear if the news report in the...

Wednesday, April 1st 2015 will remain a great day in our democratic history, not only because it was the first time an opposition party defeated an incumbent president in a presidential election but because it was a day Nigeria...

The Niger Delta region occupies a central position in the political economy of Nigeria. The oil and gas sector in Nigeria has assumed an increasing significance since the late 1950s when oil was discovered in the Niger Delta. The...

Seventeen years ago, it was a huge relief to Nigerians when the man died. Sanni Abacha Nigeria's de facto President  from 1993-1998 was forcibly ejected by death from the presidency. Whether you were alive then or not, the images of...

To the utmost surprise of doom-watchers around the globe, Nigeria is going through historic moments of national renewal and democratic consolidation. Thankfully, the peaceful outcome of the 2015 Presidential and parliamentary elections does not synchronise with the catastrophic scenarios...

The person with the crossbow thinks that the monkey is not clever; the monkey is clever, but it is following its own strategy. (It matters nothing if one is derided, as long as one knows what one is doing...

The certificate issue almost led to a constitutional crisis on the eve of the Presidential Election. General Mummadu Buhari has consistently maintained that his High School certificate was in the custody of the military. He was scorned and vilified...