Opinion

For eight years running, Cross River State has become a symbol and a reference point for all that is noble, including peace and security. In fact, the state was not too long ago rated as the most peaceful in the...

A year after pledging jobs to families who lost loved ones during a deadly recruitment by the Nigeria Immigration, President Goodluck Jonathan finally, handed out money and appointment letters to the beneficiaries.   Mr. Jonathan gave N75 million (N5million to each...

The most frightening and most disturbing controversy since the build-up to the 2015 elections had been the rumoured removal of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Attahiru Jega,  beforeMarch 28 presidential poll. The rumour was like a thunderbolt...

When I was a kid, phone calls were a premium commodity; only the very coolest kids had a phone line of their own, and long-distance phone calls were made after eleven, when the rates went down, unless you were...

I have often argued that the entire Nigerian political machinery that bears the name "government" is little more than an arrangement to enable a few individuals to mindlessly loot the resources of the larger collectivity.   This argument has been eloquently...

For all intents and purposes, I foresee a serious infighting in the household of PDP that may lead to the collapse of the party in the days ahead if the signs we are seeing today are anything to go...

In a follow-up question to the statement that Prime Minister Netanyahu made during an interview with the Israeli website NRG--in which he stated that “I think that anyone who moves to establish a Palestinian state and evacuate territory, gives...

In 1973, the then Nigerian Military head of state, General Yakubu Gowon went to Canada on state visit. On that visit, something significant to both countries happened that is worth taken into cognizance in our political decisions today. The...

Too much ink has already been spilled expressing that any democracy without a dynamic opposition is not only prone to dictatorship but also breeds corruption as honey attracts bees. The history also tells us that a culture of weak...

Rather than cast this discourse in the mould of a ‘rejoinder’ to Dele Momodu’s BUHARI AND THE BURDEN OF EXPECTATIONS in his PENDULUM Column in Saturday, March 14, 2015 edition of Thisday newspaper, this piece should be read from the perspective of a ‘reminder’ of...