Opinion

Africa is the only place left for Africans to get full credit for their efforts. Until Africans wake up and present themselves as masters of their own destiny in Africa, no black man anywhere in the world will be...

To Chief Tony Anenih, chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees, double-speak is not a virtue. Over the years, he has maintained the principled position that on issues of party loyalty and discipline, a leader does...

In a season of electioneering, it should be expected that all manner of ideas, calculations and doublespeak by politicians and their cheerleaders will be given free reign. More so, in a country that truth easily becomes the first casualty...

In the year 2014, it is unfortunate that some public commentators still feel a need to resort to using indecorous language when discussing retired Major General Muhammadu Buhari, a former military dictator and leading presidential aspirant of the All...

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, appears jittery that the House of Cards he built with treachery is about to come crashing on him, and has accused the Inspector General of Police, Sulaiman Abba, of perpetrating an...

Nearly eight years ago, Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka sounded the alarm over the attempt by former military strongman, General Muhammadu Buhari, to return to the nation's leadership as elected President. In writing what went for a treatise on Buhari's...

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has the decidedly non trivial distinction of mentoring and supporting able minds for political positions. He has gone about this role un-intimidated because he believes that Nigeria’s problem is starkly a question of moral and...

All the history books I have read tell me that when a Nation is in crisis a great leader must emerge to reposition and restructure the system for the better. I recall the great depression in the 1930s in...

At a meeting with the leadership of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, President Good Luck Jonathan officially informed them of his intention to seek reelection next year. He made good his promise by...

It is heart warming to note the shift in reasoning by Mr. Nyesom Wike, who in a recent interview on Channels TV aired on Saturday November 1 and Sunday November 2, 2014, acknowledged the existence of Zoning in the...