Opinion

Whereas the frequent road mishap in Nigeria has been scaled down or is now almost a forgotten issue could only be attributed to the building of new roads and rehabilitation of dead-trap roads and potholes, fixation of gully erosion...

Aristotle's definition of man as a rational animal has recently taken quite a beating. Our capacity for rational thought emerges in the most fundamental aspects of life. If you doubt the power of reason, consider the lives of those...

Most Nigerians now accept as a fact that General Muhammadu Buhari (GMB) is a sick man. Except of course his un-informed die hard supporters. Even they must now have their doubts about his health. I am convinced that Messrs....

The rescheduled elections will soon be here with us. An opportunity to exercise one’s democratic rights by helping to decide in whose hands the affairs of the country should be in the next couple of years ought to be...

Despite the fact that former President Olusegun Obasanjo has on several occasions Presented Gen. Muhammed Buhari, the APC presidential candidate as Nigerias’ next President, millions of teeming Nigerians have vowed to make it impossible for these military renegades and...

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...