Opinion

A reaction to Major General Chris Olukolade's "Nigeria's War On Terror And National Pride" submission at the AD King Foundation Award of Excellence in Defence Information Dissemination Held at Atlanta, Georgia. "I would always rather be happy than dignified." ―...

In recent weeks, its been a kind of "Jaw Jaw diplomacy" between Nigeria and The United States government over alleged refusal of The United States to sell lethal weapons to Nigerias armed forces. The United States government has come out...

“And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost.”― J.R.R. Tolkien in ‘The Lord of the Rings’ When loosely applied, the quote taken from Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings is apt for the Nigerian situation. Apparently, we...

The Palestinians’ constant acrimonious public narrative against Israel has and continues to damage their credibility in the eyes of many Israelis. The Palestinian Authority, not to speak of Hamas, seems to want to win the public relations campaign with...

As dirty as the brand of politics practiced in this country may be, there are some moral lessons we occasionally gain from it. Though paradoxical, the reality remains that from this game we choose to describe as 'dirty,' comes...

Following the drastic response by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to the free fall of Naira against the United States Dollars, tongues are now waging on why such a fist clinching measure should be adopted in a pre-election...

Commodity traders are responsible for oil prices by bidding on oil futures contracts. These contracts are basically agreements to buy or sell oil at a specific date in the future for an agreed-upon price. These futures contracts are executed on...

Nothing among the proposed amendments to Nigeria constitution has generated argument more than the issue of local government autonomy. Apart from the local governments, the proposed amendments intend to grant autonomy to the state judiciaries as well as the...

There is no country in the world that has been unaffected by climate change, and no continent in the world has been more affected than Africa – and that state of affairs appears unlikely to change anytime soon. If global...

‘Nigeria’s condition today under your watch is, however, too dangerous for silence.’ – Chinua Achebe to then President Olusegun Obasanjo Chief Olusegun Obasanjo’s memoirs entitled ‘My Watch’ has just been published and launched. Back in time, he had published My...