Opinion

Wole Soyinka knows that, in linguistics, there is something called register. Yet, while addressing students at a recent Lagos gathering, the Nobel laureate employed an elevated language suitable for addressing an international literary convention. Why? The answer must be...

It is hard to imagine how a devious, delusionary and destructive individual like Naftali Bennett, the leader of the Jewish Home party, can rise to prominence while openly advocating a racist political agenda. His "solution" to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict...

The temptation to give up on Nigeria is common among Nigerians that have spoken and written a lot about the good that is a possible experience for Nigeria. But there is a greater passion, a nobler one, to expect...

The fear of candidate Buhari is now the beginning of wisdom in Nigeria today. Buhari was no serious contender in the eyes of ordinary Nigerians in the contest for the Presidency in 2003, 2007, 2011 but in 2015 Buhari...

Despite progress in some countries, many women and babies still die during childbirth in Africa On 27 February 2013, four-year-old Charlotte Mmowa sued Limpopo Province health authorities in South Africa for 1.1 million rand (about $100,000) for mishandling her own...

An open letter to the president of the federal republic of nigeria. Introduction: Permit me to share this heartfelt letter via this medium and for general public consumption. The challenge of giving & confirming the certainty of you receiving it via...

Dr. John Kayode Fayemi turns 50 on Monday, February 9, 2015. One of his close aides Akin Rotimi writes about his boss, the former Governor of Ekiti State. On our shores, politicians have earned a not entirely undeserved reputation for knavery,...

The orchestrated support for Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, the PDP gubernatorial candidate for Enugu state, is unprecedented. It is truly an experience to behold. I had to go out at night last December to take it all in, taking pictures of...

The election results in Greece have again elevated the debate across Europe between proponents of austerity and stimulus. Which approach – either constricting public spending, including projects that promote sustainable growth, or increasing this funding, even through borrowing –...

Foreign workers return home, citing contagion fears The economic impact of the Ebola virus outbreak in the most affected countries — Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone — is still unravelling. Figures are being collected and it is still unclear when...