Opinion

I think the gloves are now off and the knuckles are out. No one should be left in doubt as to what we face today. The show of shame has taken another dimension. I could not imagine that what...

In a few months time, Africa most populous nation, Nigeria will be heading to the polls to elect its political representatives in an electoral exercise that has been predicted to be the fiercest yet political battle in the history...

It was an unusual day in our nation as Tambuwal 's speakership and Jonathan's presidency were marked with an unusual twist in a way that we have never seen before. If truth be told, the speaker’s and the president’s positions...

With the enormous diversity of social contexts where development interventions take place, one might imagine it would be extremely difficult to identify a single rule of thumb that enables the best possibility for project success, or sustainability. However, global experiences...

President Erdogan has recently come under intense criticism for his unwillingness to come to the aid of the beleaguered Syrian Kurds in the city of Kobani just across the Turkish border. Sadly, Erdogan's behavior is not surprising as he...

Last week the nation's focal lenses were featured on Benue state, the food basket of the nation, not because of the slogan but because great leader and a young and proactive performer, dubbed the "Infrastructure Governor", was celebrating his...

This personage needs no introduction. She is no other person than the woman of courage, the woman whose love for the downtrodden, the less privileged and the have-nots, knows no bounds. The woman, who is passionate about women emancipation...

As this year comes to an end many Nigerians here at home and abroad continue to dream of free and fair elections in Nigeria in 2015. Prof. Attahiru Jega, in his infinite wisdom, and as the head of the Independent...

The run-up to ruling People’s Democratic Party’s delegate election was particularly very interesting in the Federal Capital Territory . It was characterized by impunity, arm-twisting, betrayal, blackmail, disloyalty and misinformation. Senator Philip Aduda witnessed disloyalty and betrayal first hand...

In Nigerian politics, there appears to be a new definition of “opposition” which, in absolute terms, admits of nothing good or positive. By this definition, a government in power is never given any credit by opposition politicians, even when...