Opinion

Is Bola Ahmed Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and self-styled Asiwaju –leader—of the Yoruba race, getting to the end of his political relevance? Going by the way he has handled those positions, and considering his...

Ever since the All Progressives Congress (APC) became a household name in the nation’s socio-political mantra, one unique feature that has become their permanent identity is their penchant for blames without corresponding penchant for proffering solutions! Hence, viewing the...

Violence and conflict have plagued mankind throughout history, and the terrorist attacks by Boko Haram are just a VIEW VIDEO current manifestation. How can Nigeria protect itself from future attacks? Ideally, the best way to guard against emerging terrorist threats would...

On Monday, May 19, 2014, newspapers and other news outlets across the country were awash with reports arising from a press statement signed by Chief (Dr) Tony Anenih, Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Board of Trustees (BoT). Anenih,...

The Janjaweed tendencies of the All Progressives Congress (APC) appears not to be knowing any bounds these days with the aspersion cast on Yoruba traditional rulers by none other than the leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, who...

I think my resignation was the only way to avoid bloodshed, as I couldn’t stand the idea of bloodshed, casualties - Eduard Shevardnadze If men were God; we need no soothsayer to know that President Goodluck Jonathan would have been...

As globalization increases the movement of people, culture and ideas, managing diversity, ethnicity, religions, and security, social, political and gender mainstreaming will be the foremost challenge of any developing nation. It requires a positive vision of how plural societies...

Now that the United States, Britain, and some European countries may be stepping in to help rescue the Chibok girls, I hope that Nigerians won’t fold up, reach for their beers and pepper soup—and go into snooze mode. I doubt...

May 20, 2014 The Editor, The Nation Newspapers, 27B Fatai Atere Way, Matori, Lagos. Re: ‘A Case for e-Card Readers’ Permit me to provide explanation on certain processes of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) related to the upcoming governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun...

“Nigeria is the only country in the world where the best is impossible and the worst never happens.” My friend Dr. Dabin is the PDP chairman in Plateau state, with him over the weekend, he told a story of the...