Opinion

After days of dithering procrastination, President Bola Tinubu last Wednesday finally assigned portfolios to the 45…

All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must…

Q: In a situation where the country does not export more to earn enough foreign exchange, floating may cause a run on the local currency. That is the crisis…

Caveat Emptor: What is adopted and said here is pending the judiciary determination of who ultimately becomes the…

Anytime I see people celebrating a coup d’état, I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. I always remember the military coup of December 31, 1983 that ousted President…

Why is anyone with any understanding of the present imperative in the management and deployment of our resources, is now at the point of…

The memory remains vivid in your mind, as sharp as yesterday. It was a Saturday evening. You were sitting in your student’s flat in Edinburgh, having a relaxed post-prandial discussion with your friends who were…

The trending news at the moment is the video of Godswill Akpabio, the President of the  Senate, declaring that a token had been sent to the accounts of the senators to enjoy their holiday. The Senate President…

When I wrote an article about Nasir El Rufai’s romance with controversy in 2021, I could not have predicted or forecast that he was going to be the centre of attention for the failure of the Senate to confirm his…

If President Bola Ahmed Tinubu hit the ground running, it was because problems chased him into office. Yet, it wasn’t long before he tripped on a matter in which his genius had been acknowledged: forming his…

There is the likelihood that a military coup d’etat can still happen in Nigeria given our egregious variant of democratic culture, the compromised nature of our judiciary, and the Nigerian people’s disenchantment…

Once upon a time, a political party bestrode Nigerian politics like a colossus. It governed Nigeria for 16…

I don’t believe that President Bola Tinubu does not know the implications of his warmongering stance against the Niger Republic. If…

Nearly everyone I grew up with in my childhood church in Lincoln, Nebraska, is no longer Christian. That’s not…

What is the value of a human life in our dearly beloved Nigeria? I don’t know. But the death of Dr Vwaere Diaso, a medical doctor, at the General Hospital, Odan, Lagos Island, on Tuesday, offers yet another…

Life is funny. I am trying not to say it is a b**ch. But its twists and turns, often times, leave one breathless. And wondering. And…

It was 32 years ago that General Ibrahim Babangida, the flamboyant and self-styled military…

Successive administrations in Nigeria start out by apprehending demons, or enigmatic forces, against which they will test their political strength and define the character of their government. Those forces are…

Niger Republic has nothing to offer Nigeria, but trouble. It is one of the largest countries in the world and one of the…

It is encouraging to see that the federal administration has permanently halted the intended ₦8,000 cash palliative transfers to 12 million households as part of its attempts to mitigate the negative impacts of…

When you think you have seen it all in our dearly beloved country, you realise you ain’t seen nothing yet. Every day, we keep coming up with the silliest of things. The spectacle at the federal high court, Ikoyi, Lagos,…

On Monday, the South-East was once again under lockdown due to a sit-at-home order being enforced by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). IPOB first…

As I type this, many Nigerians – especially the more comfortable, social media savvy ones – are freaking out over the plans of the federal… As I type this, many Nigerians – especially the more comfortable, social…

Business Intelligence (BI) systems are crucial for collecting, analyzing, and interpreting large volumes of information in a data-centric environment, which helps guide strategic decision-making. However, the critical importance of data…