Opinion

Prelude In 2002, when INEC denied the registration of some new political parties, late Gani Fawehinmi of the Conscience Party of Nigeria is quoted to have said, "We will make Nigeria ungovernable." INEC budged and his Party got registered. ...

My attention has been drawn to a letter sent to President Jonathan by the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) on 24 February, 2014, titled, “MR. PRESIDENT, CALL GOVERNOR SUSWAM TO ORDER NOW BEFORE IT IS TOO...

Human beings are politicians by their speech. A John Mason Brown said that nowhere are prejudices more mistaken for truth, passion for reason and invective for documentation than in politics. Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, a former Governor of Abia State...

Have you seen the Nigeria Security Tracker, NST? It is free to view online on the CFR (Council of Foreign Relations) US think-tank website. In fact I think it is the only tracker on the website. Simply visit...

...All Aboard Sub – Saharan Africa As A Frontier In Emerging Markets Africa's economies are consistently growing faster than those of almost any other region - and at twice the rate of the 1990s. This has led to improvements in...

Originally the title of this admonition was Toothbrush Politics, but I decided to bring it to my readers in an every day life manner. What I am about to say may seem extremely simplistic but it is a vivid reminder...

Nigeria is richly blessed, no doubt. But the question that lingers is what is this country blessed richly with? Most uninitiated minds on seeing this question will immediately locate the answer to this interrogatory on a very wrong footed...

These days, some news in the media elicit so much angst that you cannot help but laugh at the ineptitude that passes off as ministerial duties.  On the other hand, one wonders why some public officers think that some...

Many of us have been inspired by the speech given by a former Minister, and co-founder of Transparency International, Ms Obiageli (Oby) Ezekwesili a.k.a. “Madam due process,” at the APC summit which held in Abuja, March 6th, 2014. I...

Elected under the banner of the markedly Igbo-interest APGA party, Willie Maduabuchi Obiano, a banker of international repute, a philanthropist and cultural custodian, a devout Catholic, a friend with a versatile sense for humor and a good son of...