Opinion

If there was one aspect of Gov. Babatunde Raji Fashola’s life that Lagosians and indeed Nigerians did not know, it was his vituperative and cantankerous nature which recently came to the fore. Gov. Fashola became suddenly very rude, combustive...

Revolution is smoldering already, the question right now is how bloody it is going to get before we rescue ourselves from even more disaster. Youths are rising up across the world demanding not only an end to greed and...

After weeks of intensive campaigns across the federation, the contenders have finally been separated from the pretenders. So far, the two front runners before us are: President Goodluck Jonathan of the incumbent party, PDP and General Muhammadu Buhari of...

I have followed the president’s progress in the area of women empowerment for quite a while now. To some, my reason for doing so may not be far-fetched; I am a woman. While that may account for part of...

AS THE CLOCK TICKS for the 2015 general elections in Nigeria, there is intense horse trading, campaign of calumnies, character assassination, midnight conspiracies, and even fraud under so many guises going on at an alarming speed presently. But depending on...

As the presidential election enters its critical phase, the air is thick with accusation and counter-accusations about the candidates. In what is now a desperation for Mr. Jonathan that he's loosing the edge, he and his attack dogs are...

Please accept our warmest congratulations on being selected as the PDP gubernatorial standard-bearer for Enugu State. It's such a privilege that someone from our zone is selected for the governorship position under the Peoples Democratic Party for the first...

Is President Jonathan fading to dust? There is so much to write about him. He is the man that sits on our treasury for the good of few that are bigger than the law. The ongoing electoral campaign is getting...

Dealing with the Professor’s Selective Amnesia Without doubt, Professor Charles Soludo is a brilliant macro-economists and public intellectual. It appears however, that the Professor suffers from an incurable tendency to emasculate reason; intellect and good judgement when his ambition and...

As Nigeria prepares to elect her next president by February 14, 2015, the flurry of activities in the nation’s political arena has taken on an interesting dimension. Political parties continue to bombard the electorate with manifestos while also launching...