Opinion

It is the season of the long knives once again. That time when the soapbox becomes the oratory of power. Well, power seeking humans. It is the period when a careless whisper, rumors sprung and truth beheaded could become...

HE PDP AND ITS CULTURE OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE The PDP is instigating violence against itself and blaming it on the APC. The snipers former President Olusegun Obasanjo warned us all about in his open letter to President Goodluck Jonathan have...

Events in our recent history have thrust us into the glare of world attention in ways that have not always reflected us in our best light. The paradox of modern Nigeria is that while we have proudly emerged as...

As a Nigerian, I have found myself amazed by the sheer hypocrisy of the Jonathan-led administration with regard to the particular aspect of directly impacting the lives of the citizens through poverty alleviation policies and combating the seemingly implacable...

I need to preface this article with a few clarifications. I have taken a long sabbatical leave from partisan politics, and it is real fun watching the drama from the balcony. Having had my own share of public service...

A recent publication of the federal allocation of projects by political zones in Nigeria was an eye opener. According to the Daily Trust Newspaper, published December 31, 2014, the Niger Delta received a lion's share of the ₦1.6 trillion...

The Arab Peace Initiative (API) presents an unprecedented and vital opportunity to change the course of events in the Middle East by realizing an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement in the context of a comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace. At no time since...

The Igbo Internet thugs who campaign for Goodluck Jonathan are an utter disgrace to humankind. They are, indeed, a strange species of homo sapiens. Maybe, they are a hybrid of homo erectus and home sapiens! Their actions are hardly...

Qualification for President short of honesty is Much Ado About Nothing or banza. Hypocrisy as high-tech public relation machines is deployed, by politicians to propagate and confuse voters. Even in relatively fair election progress is stifled by indoctrination. Africa...

On January 7, two gunmen stormed—later identified as Islamist activists of Algerian descent—stormed the editorial headquarters of “Charlie Hebdo,” an irreverent, anti-religious weekly publication. In an attack that seemed to be over in a flash, the gunmen executed 12...