Opinion

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...

The intensified public discussion about the root causes of violent extremism has focused mainly on the socio-economic and political conditions that exist in Arab countries and among Arab communities in Europe and the US, which provide a breeding ground...

Dear General,   On behalf of “Mama Peace” and myself, I would like to congratulate you again on your historic victory in the March 28 presidential election. Why do I call it historic?   It’s not only because it became the first time...

Reports reaching me from various camps of PDP candidates for Saturday’s governorship elections shows that President Goodluck Jonathan has abandoned his party men to their fate, following his shocking defeat in March 28th presidential polls. Some PDP leaders and candidates have told...