Opinion

Many of those who read the earlier part of this article had contacted me. Some of them complained that I did not mention some people whose role they consider visible in escalating what is now referred to as the...

Over the arid savannah of Borno in northeastern Nigeria, the rains did come late, but plentiful for the planting season. However, it did little to help the harvest or encourage cattle to graze. The prairie had become a battlefield...

This September, I was determined to scour for signs that Nigeria was moving in a good direction. I was able to count one solid, uplifting sign: the country's apparent arrest of the Ebola virus. Given the devastation the virus...

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, from a psychological point of view, this is not the time to hastily send out Reuben Abati, your special adviser on Media and Publicity Affairs, or anyone else directly or indirectly, to comment on the...

Worsening climate change could affect the economy The devastating effects of climate change are already being felt across the planet, including in Africa. The 2011 drought-induced famine in the Horn of Africa affected more than 10 million people, claimed 257,000...

The Current State of Nigeria The wise King Solomon rightly posits that, "When the righteous increase, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan" (Proverb 29:2). It goes without saying that Nigerians are groaning day and night...

A nightmarish scene played out in far away South Africa a couple of weeks ago when, on September 5, 2014, a jet owned by Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), was caught at...

Ordinarily religion should not be brought into politics but sadly the APC has done precisely that. They have introduced religion into politics in a very irresponsible, divisive and dangerous manner and they are using it as a political tool...

Atiku Abubakar says he is the most investigated Nigerian. Why not? It is either because he is the most tainted Nigerian or he is the most victimised Nigerian under the sun. But, of course, he cannot be denied the...

On October 26, 2010, exactly ten days after Governor Kayode Fayemi assumed office as the governor of Ekiti State based on what is now known as the Salamic judgment, I wrote an article titled; “Ekiti: Between men and God.” That...