Opinion

Immediately I heard that Nigeria’s former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has gone back to eat the food from the same pot he had rejected, my first reaction was “This is politics, where there is no permanent enemy and...

I will like to start by expressing my sincere gratitude to the Lagos Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) for inviting me to speak at this propitious occasion and before these men and women of high- standing. It...

The recent reactions from certain quarters purportedly claiming to speak on behalf of Igbo/Biafran people in regard with the attempt to make a public announcement by the pro-Biafra freedom group known as Biafra Zionist Federation (BZF) at the studios...

In many parts of the world, the third Sunday of June is earmarked for the celebration of the vital contributions of fathers and father figures to human progress. Father’s Day, as it is known, seeks to extol the sacrifices...

1. Which of the PDP presidential candidate hopefuls is implicated as late NSA Andrew Azazi inferred, that after being deprived in the PDP primaries, went on to upgrade Boko Haram to its today level of sophistication? Atiku? IBB? Gusau?...

The rich history of Hausa in West Africa has been eclipsed by the Fulani and Muslim religion as if they never had one of their own. Hausa not only survived the civilization of the great Empires of Ghana, Mali...

The appointment of Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as the Emir of Kano last weekend was a fulfillment of the former CBN governor’s long-standing craving for that symbol of traditional power. It is at once a personal victory as well...

Let there be no doubt that the Nobel Prize is the prize much sought after in all fields that the prize is awarded. Let there be no doubt also that Mr. Achebe would have been glad to have received...

INTERPARTY COLLABORATION, NATIONAL STABILITY AND DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION IN NIGERIA KEYNOTE ADDRESS DELIVERED BY PROFESSOR ATTAHIRU JEGA, OFR, CHAIRMAN, INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION (INEC) AT THE ALL NIGERIA POLITICAL PARTIES AND POLITICAL STAKEHOLDERS SUMMIT  ON THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 2014 INTERPARTY COLLABORATION, NATIONAL STABILITY AND DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION IN NIGERIA KEYNOTE ADDRESS...

I have all along suppressed the urge to comment on the coming into the political arena of Nigeria by the All Progressives Congress (APC), not because there was no need to do so, but just to give the leadership...