Opinion

“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…

Religion governs the sacerdotal facet of human life. Religion does not only bring out the divine and the human in us; it also unsheathes the basest and vilest part of us, depending on where the lamp is rubbed. We…

Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, prominent Igbo politician and businessman, was in the news last week for his comments on the Yoruba-Igbo face-off in Lagos. Speaking at the first anniversary of Prof Chukwuma Soludo’s…

It is often said that if any country should have the taste of per minute troubles like Nigeria, it will…

Electioneering activities have a way of bringing out the worst in Nigerians. Each time an election comes we begin to remember that there are indigenes and settlers. Words and actions of certain individuals and a…

In the months that preceded the February 2023 presidential election, supporters of Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso both badgered me to recognise Kwankwaso’s matchless political might and affronted me for ranking Peter…