Opinion

All things are now ready. Last week, I wrote about the cleaning and clearing of my office in the State House, Presidential Villa, Abuja. The job is now done, and as a bride waits for her groom, the office now expects…

Olabode Opeseitan, a social commentator, consultant and global business developer, who interacted with the billionaire founder of Globacom and Conoil, Dr. Mike Adenuga Jr., for over three decades, 16 years of which he…

As the inauguration of the next Nigerian legislature, termed the 10th National Assembly, draws near, different people and groups have started plotting to emerge leaders of the Senate and the House of Representatives.…

NIGERIANS have divided opinions about the efficacy of democracy in driving its development. There are constant threats to our democracy stemming from procedural and structural deficiencies in the system. At the core…

The lies are getting deeper; the propaganda steeper, and the curses and insults sicker. There should be limits to crudity. Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is Nigeria’s president-elect and will be sworn in as president in a…

“There are two tragedies in life; one is not to get your heart’s desire. The other is to get it.”-George Bernard Shaw The Pre-1999 Lagos was bedevilled with serious environmental and socioeconomic malaise of…

A new book by a former Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman, interestingly places former Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi in the middle of alleged contract…

The divorce epidemic in the world and its attendant crises in divorce property sharing assumed a different colour last week in the matter of Moroccan, Achraf Hakimi Mouh, and his erstwhile wife, Spanish actress, Hiba…

“The mass return of our people during this forthcoming population census will help us quantify the population of Biafrans in Nigeria. They have always told the world that we are a dot with an insignificant population”…

As the President Mohammadu Buhari’s administration winds down in glorious departure, mischief makers have rolled up their sleeves to drag in the mud the hard-earned credibility of Mr. Mele Kyari, the group managing…

There are endless peculiarities, I must here admit, about the 2023 presidential election, the least not being the outing of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). With the…

According to William Cullen Bryant, “truth crushed to the earth, shall rise again.” This truism credited to the great hero is…

Nigeria’s healthcare sector is dealing with a number of issues, including growing healthcare expenditures, a growing need for individualized care, and ineffective data management and sharing systems. One cannot overemphasize the…

It is not uncommon in Nigeria for one ethnic group to make another ethnic group the target of ethnic slurs in form of unfavorable, derisive or disparaging jokes, sayings, or riddles. Lately, Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka…

About 12 months after President Buhari came to office, petrol price increased astronomically from N86.50 to N145, an increase of almost 67 per cent. At that time, crude oil was selling for $45 a barrel, and the…

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie can write for Africa, nay, the world, as we say in these parts, I give her that. Unfortunately, like Soyinka, her books have always proved to be somewhat ponderous fare to me. That is me…

Our values as a people have broken down. There is no better place to witness the madness than the social media where apparent cowards hide behind digital anonymity to cast aspersions on the integrity of their…

In my experience of presidential elections in Nigeria, I must necessarily admit that 2023 is the most dramatic so far — and something tells me I have not seen anything yet. I am not talking about the drama of…

The Church has exerted enormous influence on the world as we know it! Even though it remains one of the most influential institutions worldwide,…

The conviction of Nigeria’s former deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, together with his wife and a Nigerian…

Nigeria churns out roughly 2 million barrels of crude oil a day, making it Africa’s top producer and the world’s thirteenth. But still, because of its feeble…

Obidients! The new word in our political lexicon. Like Andrew’s Liver Salt (apologies to Dr Rabiu Kwankwaso), it’s effervescent-ness is gradually losing steam. What we now see is frustration writ large. Or what do…

Since the leak of the Peter Obi-Pastor David Oyedepo audio, a storm of controversy, accusations and counter-accusations has coloured the political atmosphere, a little more than was the norm.  But the question here…

This week is probably the first time I’ve seen supporters of Peter Obi, who prefer to be called Obidients, on the defensive in our toxic… This week is probably the first time I’ve seen supporters of Peter Obi, who…