Opinion

Charles Soludo’s contemporaries say that, as an undergraduate, he came up with this rather fine slogan: Soludo is the solution, when he vainly contested for the secretary-generalship of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Students’ Union. In 2010, he again...

There is no doubt that Prime Minister Netanyahu's acceptance of House Speaker John Boehner's invitation to address a joint session of Congress on Iran is extraordinarily damaging to Israel-US relations. The damage, however, transcends the bilateral relations as it...

The 2015 elections are a few days away. The political parties and candidates are moving across the country campaigning. They are making a lot of promises and commitments. The fulfilment of these promises require an effective, efficient and performing...

In less than two weeks, Nigerians will unveil a new future for themselves. Or—to be more accurate—a new future will be unfurled for us. That future will be characterized either as "Continuity" or "Change," depending on whether President Goodluck...

The outset of the process for nominating the governorship candidate of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), Enugu state, had produced a motley crowd of aspirants. The prediction then was that, if not properly managed, the entire exercise was bound...

I read with indignation and consternation certain online reports that some "student leaders" in Akwa Ibom State have contributed a whooping sum of # 100,000,000,00 (one hundred million naira ) to the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party...

There's no doubt to the fact that religion and politics are like siamese twins in Nigeria as far as politics is concerned even though our constitution both past and present proclaims the secularity of the Nigerian state. We are again...

*Being Response to Barr. Jesutega Onokpasa's Open Letter to Tompolo It is encouraging that only a few Urhobos are creating the unfortunate Urhobo-are-born-to-rule-Delta-State impression following Urhobo nation's unsuccessful bid to clinch the gubernatorial ticket of the dominant Peoples Democratic Party...

It is very much in Buhari’s interest to engage Jonathan in a public debate. I had written in a previous posting suggesting to GMB to challenge GEJ to a couple of debates. In other spheres of life the challenger...

There was this story we were told in the University of an Indian Surgeon who was recruited by the Kwara State government then to work in the state hospital. This surgeon was so good in performing surgery that virtually all...