Opinion

On Wednesday October 22, 2014 an Uyo High Court presided over by Hon. Justice Joy Unwana of Court 7 discharged and acquitted 40 of the 44 innocent students of the University of Uyo who were arbitrarily arrested, incarcerated and...

An activist, IG wala declared his intention to contest the 2015 election under the platform of the PDP in his state, Gombe. And ever since his declaration, some people have littered the social media space with all sort of...

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan Administration is a labyrinth of confusion. Nigerians' aspiration that he would someday put himself in the right column of history has been dashed, once more. He ought to be the fate of Nigeria and the fate...

After the Oritsejaforgate, I was struck with a profoundly true raw emotional moment. My recollection of being fully and creatively engaged with the dangerous and tumultuously living history of Nigeria of our time hits me like a brick. Bayo...

In my usual tradition of observing early morning hot coffee ritual, I sat not so comfortably ensconced in my office somewhere in the neighbourhood of Maitama Abuja from where I saw a deluge of youth making a move towards...

"We have consistently honored rhetoric at the expense of concrete actions..." Late President Yar'adua This week, Nigeria’s civil war Head of State General Yakubu 'Jack' Gowon was 80years. I read his full interaction with The Guardian; while I reflected over...

The problem may not be with General Muhammadu Buhari; it may be with my understanding of him from his recent interview, which appeared to be his most articulate since 1983 when he overthrew President Shehu Shagari and threw into...

Nigeria is on the brink of total economic and security collapse as the leadership of the nation has all but lost total control and boycotted its responsibilities. State corruption is now presenting a final and ultimately irreversible blow to...

Transparency and accountability remain critical to the development of any sector of the nation's economy. This forms the premise of several actions taken by the President Goodluck Jonathan's administration to ensure that Nigerians get the value for money invested...

African historians and political theorists including Nigerian academics will now, and in the future, discuss the role of Anthony Akhakon Anenih in the changing politics in Nigeria. U.S. President Abraham Lincoln once called Henry Clay “My Beau Ideal of a...