Opinion

“How many African-Americans do you know actually consider Africa as a vacation spot? Not one... Even just for knowledge, just to know where they came from, just to get an idea of what that is; there is so much...

I would start this essay by borrowing copiously from a friend I simply would refer to as 'AN', he captures the mood nationally with the introduction below, and all I would do is insert the Plateau nexus. Former world heavyweight...

For the most part of the state’s life, the PDP has been on the driver’s seat. It’s a party with national appeal and the President has in more than one way taught Nigeria that humility is a virtue and...

My friend used to tell me about a guy who went on to become a Governor of one of the South West states in the 1999 election. Before he got the Alliance for Democracy (AD) ticket to run as...

By Monday next week - to be precise - the son of canoe-carver-born former university teacher would have bitten the dust. Results of the presidential election would have humbled him. It would be the heaviest political fall from grace...

Tomorrow the voting for the president of Nigeria begins. How is the process supposed to work? This is the best answer I got from questioning people involved in the elections: One must have registered and must have collected his/her PVC...

At an event organized by the office of the National Security Adviser to the President and the Office of the Special Adviser to the President on Inter-Party Affairs with supports from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and other...

National Conference The APC does not support the National Conference though the recommendations made by the NC will help to move the country forward if implemented. Some of the recommendations of the NC are the creation of states mostly...

Those of us who regularly observe and try to make sense of the madness sweeping the Middle East often find ourselves, perhaps out of desperation, engaging in wishful thinking, hoping that in the end, reason will prevail over lunacy....

The presidential elections holding on March 28th 2015 will be one to be remembered by all Nigerians, this is the first time, the ruling party (PDP) is facing a real opposition (APC). President Jonathan is running for re-election, this...