Opinion

Plumes of smoke arising from the fields is a common sight in Punjab and northern Haryana (INDIA) during rice harvesting season. In the months of October-November it almost asphyxiates anyone who ventures out of house, be it a village...

The Nigerian Police is in dire need of intense psychological screening, followed by psychological certification for potential and already-serving uniformed men and women, judging by another set of recent unreasonable words from Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Joseph Mbu, in...

In another few days, March, 28th, to be exact, you – yes, YOU – will, most likely be going to join other Nigerians, at your neighbourhood poling station, for the purpose of casting your vote, for the President of...

Brussels, Ottawa, Paris, Sydney, “Terrorist” attacks in these western cities in the last one year have claimed 29 lives. Add to this the beheadings of western citizens by the Islamic State. The horror evoked by these has led to...

Lagos State Police Commissioner was quoted as saying: If any of my men is killed, I shall kill twenty of them. Please say it ain’t so! Nigerian Police is by far, not the worst in the world. Our police...

Let me begin my thoughts on Nigeria beyond 2015 by taking you back to 1776 America. The most famous and perhaps the most eloquent expression of a people's right to “dissolve the political bands” which tie them together was...

Remember the days when the Nigeria Military was enviably one of the most respected institutions in Nigeria? It was thought to be only for a selected few; at lease for those in the Southern part of the country. As...

It is obvious that Chief General Olusegun Obasanjo hates Nigeria and Nigerians with a passion. His disdain for Nigeria is immeasurable. After his third term bid fell and collapsed like a pack of cards, he is angry with everybody...

For taking sides always against Jonathan, allowing personal grudges to over-ride the interest of the nation has clearly exposed former President Olusegun Obasanjo as enemy of true democracy. On the other hand, failure of Prof Attahiru Jega to accept...

It seems the next proper thing to do in Nigeria, once you have made money, is to go grab power by all means as is the story of Diamond Bank’s former MD, Alex Otti. The Alex Otti I know is...