Opinion

From the tenor of media reportage of the opening ceremony of the ongoing National Conference in Abuja, it is crystal clear that the President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration has scored significant mileage by its convocation. However, beyond the mundane or rather...

Last week, I was privy to a little note written by Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister for Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, in which she summarized that recent setbacks will not undo Nigeria’s progress. While I am not in the...

Coming from the most neglected, dejected, suppressed, denied, relegated, mocked, downtrodden and unwanted minorities of the Nigerian nation, I should have been convinced by a reluctant conscience that this effort of writing a memo to a Nigerian National Dialogue...

2015 presidential elections is going to be an epic battle as President Goodluck Jonathan and his Ijaw brothers are set to teach the entire northern establishment especially the Hausa Fulani a bitter lesson. I have heard my northern friends and...

Wake me up when Gusau is gone. Why in Good God’s name did Jonathan not accept Gusau’s resignation letter? *That’s a rhetorical question. We know why; because Jonathan is desperate for the voting bloc he believes Gusau and Babangida can...

Land grabbing is not a new phenomenon. For centuries, communities have been forcibly removed from their land. However, we are now witnessing a new aggressive land grab, driven by high food prices and growing global consumption, with multinational corporations,...

There should not be simplistic arguments that Abia people from all walks of life recently, reassured their support for former Governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, at his Igbere home town. One million man-convention from the 17 Local...

We woke up in Lagos on Saturday March 15 just like any other day, believing we will have a peaceful day. As early morning joggers moved towards the National Stadium Surulere, they were stunned into disbelief by the sea...

On March 3rd 2014, The Jimmy Carter Center in Atlanta Georgia was noticeably alive as the 18th River Blindness Program Review kicked off in full swing. The conference, which holds annually, was graced by world leading epidemiologists and...

Nigeria has become a scam. It has lost sight of its social contract. The only factory that is working in Nigeria is corruption industry. We’re marching toward the end game of democracy. It’s not difficult to see how interconnected things...