Opinions

A group, the Coalition for Good Governance and Economic Justice in Africa, yesterday said the entire citizens of Nigeria are victims of the unfolding mask of anarchy without the exception of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party. The Coalition in a statement signed by Mr. John Mayaki said, “members of the national ruling PDP should not […]

The needless controversy over the aborted meeting between President Goodluck Jonathan and representatives of the parents of the 276 abducted schoolgirls from Chibok, Borno State, is one embarrassment too many for the President, which reflects the moral burden his administration is now saddled with; compounded further by his failure to visit Chibok, and sympathize with […]

Whoever it was that shot down Malaysian Airline flight MH 17 which was carrying innocent civilians through the skies of eastern Ukraine whilst on it’s way from Amstersdam to Melbourne on 17 July 2014 has indulged in an act of exceptional barbarity. This was a horrendous act of pure savagery and evil. The consequences of […]

When the mouth of the former Central Bank Governor, and now Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, was running riot, and the ever busy bees of the opposition trumpeted his lies about missing oil funds, many Nigerians, so used to the corruption of top government officials in times past and present, were aghast and lent […]

Sadly, the impending threat to peace as Osun prepares for the August 9, gubernatorial poll is gaining ground as supporters of incumbent Rauf Aregbesola of the APC and his main challenger, Senator Iyiola Omisore, of the ruling PDP are already trading allegations over plans to cause mayhem and disrupt the vote. The APC has issued […]

Ayo mi: the one that brings me joy. The one that gives me strength and offers me hope. The one that stood with me before my accusers and laughed them to scorn. The one that renews my youth, that makes me smile and that expands the horizons of my inner-most thoughts. The African Khaleesi: the […]

Believe it or not, most times, assumptions have turned out to be tragically misleading and as said by Caleb Colton, “The greatest friend of truth is time, her greatest enemy is prejudice, and her constant companion is humility.” Now that the 2015 electioneering campaigns are covertly heating up, politicians would not stop at anything to […]

The just concluded Gubernatorial election in Ekiti state may have come and gone but some of us believe that it has left in its wake certain ghosts that have to also be interred if it would truly be said to have come and gone. Just like in every other election held elsewhere, it is worthy […]

When President Goodluck Jonathan went out of his way to assure Nigerians that the new National Automotive Policy would not inflict pain and hardship on the people, few Nigerians believed him; and for good measure. And Mr. President lived up to expectations by betraying that promise after the federal government began implementing an aspect of […]

Basking in the euphoria of gaining and sustaining the upper hand in Ekiti with its decimation of the support base of the loud but ineffective All Progressives Congress (APC), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been strutting around like a cock in the midst of female fowls.  But do you blame the PDP, when suddenly […]

Last month, The Washington Post published an op-ed by Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan answering criticism of his response to the kidnapping of hundreds of schoolgirls by the group Boko Haram. This is what Jonathan should have written. I have remained quiet about Nigeria’s continuing efforts to find the girls kidnapped in April from the northern […]

These days, it is difficult to listen to the Comrade Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, for a minute without hearing him mention the name, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu.  It does not matter where the governor is speaking from, who his audience are and what the issue is.  If the governor is speaking to television reporters […]