Opinion

Please, permit me to start this article by saying that I’m in Imo State and I’m an indigene of the state, but have been hearing about the slapdash of echoes of mis-governance of Governor Theodore Ahamefule Orji of Abia...

“And so the lion fell in love with the lamb…" he murmured. I looked away, hiding my eyes as I thrilled to the word. “What a stupid lamb," I sighed. “What a sick, masochistic lion.” ― Stephenie Meyer I have...

He is supposed to be a seasoned diplomat, but when he called the other day to see the president, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, he left no one in doubt as to why he was in Abuja. A few thought...

Apart from Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa state, one has to come to terms with the fact that many governors and elders of the north have woefully failed the citizens of Nigeria, northern, southern and the visitors from abroad...

One of the tragedies of our time is that misfits are fitted with coats meant for the sober and level headed. That is the tragedy of picking the new chancellor for the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH). To...

If anybody wanted proof that Nigerian “leaders” do not occupy the same space and time as most of their country folk, President Goodluck Jonathan amply provided it in an astonishing speech he gave last week. On April 4, World Bank...

The events leading up to the resignation of the South Korean Prime Minister, Chung Hong-won, has made us in Nigeria realise that the mindless killings by Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen, as recent discoveries have revealed – ritualists and the...

The scene in Nigeria over the last few weeks can be taken to be an adaptation from a blockbuster première movie in Nollywood. Everything is just a jest. In fact, Nigeria is a disgrace and President Goodluck Jonathan is a...

Few years ago, Nigerians were anxiously concerned on how the federal government can tackle the corrosive and caustic corruption, education, agriculture and power failure, but the recurring spate of hapless killings in the Northern parts of Nigeria diverted the...

On Tuesday April 29, members of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP and Colleges of Education Staff Union, COEASU, embarked on a peaceful protest to the Federal Ministry of Education, Federal Ministry of Labour and the National Assembly...