Opinion

There is something poisonous that is painting the canvas of the Jonathan presidency and it relates to the military leadership in Nigeria. It seems that many of these uniformed men with a gun in their hands want Nigerians, including...

Let me use the opportunity of doing the last column in the last Wednesday of the year 2014 to wish you my readers the best in the coming year of 2015 and to promise you one thing- dedication and...

Senator Ita Solomon Enang was born on August 23, 1962. He hails from Ididep, in Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. Enang became a councilor in 1987, and a member of the Akwa Ibom State House...

President Goodluck Jonathan reportedly left Abuja, Nigeria for a brief private visit to the United Kingdom, and will be returning back to the country within 24 hours. What? The President reportedly embarked on this one-day visit outside the country along...

Is Muhammadu Buhari really the best the opposition All Progressives Congress has to offer? This question has come to the fore since Buhari, Nigeria’s former military strongman, beat the likes of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, Kano state governor Rabiu...

What a difference six years makes? If these reports about the contributions are true, no Igbo man would send good money after bad omen. Ndi-Igbo investment is backed by sound policy. But it is not the Igbo money alone....

Borno state Deputy Governor, Zanna Umar Mustapha in a report in the Nation of December 28th, 2014 announced that Boko Haram now controls 20 out of 27 local governments in the large state. Only Maiduguri the state capital, Jere, Konduga,...

I am disappointed in spite of the fact that my expectations were not set too high so they should have been easily met. But the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) apparently had no such plan to meet the expectations...

In the year 1712 on the bank of the James River in the colony of Virginia, a notorious slave master, William Lynch delivered his infamous speech on the manipulation of the Black slave. Quoting from the speech introduction, Willie said: “I...

“Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold.” ― Bob Marley The die has been cast, the drums have been rolled out and the dancers have already taken the centre stage. It is a...