Opinion

To achieve the seemingly elusive African renaissance the leaders have to steer the societies and the peoples away from the current practice of reliance and expectation from the outside, to a firmly rooted belief in self and native solutions. The...

It is not exactly clear what the Lagos Governor, Babatunde Fasola, was thinking but his comments to Lagosians that his friend and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate, Jimmy Agbaje, was too old at 57 to rule the state,...

There is no better way to put the cause of the present political heat in the country except to situate it within the context of systemic rot which has overtime permeated every segment of the society with monumental negatives...

Let me start by stating that I have always admired General Muhammadu Buhari's ascetic lifestyle in just the manner I envy President Goodluck Jonathan's humility. These are virtues that are beginning to vanish in a society that has taken...

The APC camp is unrelenting. It has decided that come rain or shine, the 72-year old ex-general must make Aso Rock on May 29. A certificate or something that approximates that has been shown to put paid to debates...

In actions and deeds PDP and handlers of President Jonathan have been making silly and unpardonable mistakes that have continued to add millions of votes to candidate GMB without knowing it. Hours on end these guys continue to add...

Despite coming from a poor home in the desperately poor village of Jajeel in Borno State, Hannatu Ishaku, 16, always had big dreams. As early as when she was 10, she promised herself that she would be the first...

No fewer that 895 shares, 2,956 retweets, over 1,500 reactions trailed the much criticized publication credited to the people of Ekiti January 18, 2014 on all social network accounts. I am aware the advertisement was authored and signed by...

Bayelsa state recently played host to a meeting of ex-militants with some stakeholders to discuss issues that participants find pressing. Among these issues are the follow up on post amnesty, peace of the country, anti-poverty agenda for the region,...

An opposition party represents an alternative government and is responsible for challenging the policies of the government and producing different policies where appropriate. Dr. Asnake Kefale, a politics professor at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia postulated that: "In Africa, opposition parties...