Opinion

Some time in september 2012, Proscovia Alengot Oromait , a 19 year old girl from eastern uganda was elected as a representative in the Ugandan parliament. Though she was young,inexperience and only had a school certificate, but one thing is...

My dear General, this is the second time I would have to write to a former general and former head of state. The last time I did, it was to one of your predecessors who suffered the indignation of...

If the leading opposition party in Nigeria were to make known its innermost wish, it will certainly be to stop the nation’s president, Goodluck Jonathan, from running for the highest office in the land for a second term. The...

General Muhammadu Buhari, former Head of State and a national leader of the All Progressives Congress, is once again in the news for what can only be described as un-statesmanlike utterances. Buhari, who once told the world during a...

In a democracy, every citizen, regardless of his interest in politics, 'holds office'; every one of us is in a position of responsibility; and, in the final analysis, the kind of government we get depends upon how we fulfil...

Mr. Buhari is quoted as saying: "…Yes, I am a politician. Yes, I am in the opposition. Yes, there is the tendency for my statement to be misconstrued as that of a politician rather than a statesman. But I owe...

Love is beautiful but it can also ravage and destroy. It brings pleasure and it brings pain. It brings joy and it brings sorrow. It brings light and it brings darkness. It brings laughter and it brings tears. It...

Nigerians find it very difficult these days to trust others and even themselves. Corruption, dishonesty and cheating have become the rule of the game rather than an exception to the rule. It has permeated all sectors of the economy....

Last week, as part of festivities celebrating the 80th birthday of Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, Bishop Matthew Kukah of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto delivered a lecture titled “Wole Soyinka: 80 Years of Genius and Prophetic Outrage”. It was...

In Nigeria, these are interesting times, or rather strange times, as a commentator, you are at odds, what really is wrong with my nation, the political hallelujah men are at work, as 2015 approaches. The clueless ones are flexing their...