Opinion

Corruption is a cankerworm that has eaten very deep into the fabric of Nigeria for decades. It is a disturbing state of affairs that forced the Catholic Bishop Conference of Nigeria,…

Let me give the background to this piece. I was reading some comments on Twitter early in the week, when I ran into this one by one Dr Ben Gbenro: “Why are some people…

I sat in my corner observing the spats generated by the former President’s remarks on the death of late senator and controversial politician, Buruji Kashamu (aka Esho Jinadu).…

Nine months after the curtains were drawn on the Bayelsa governorship polls, the electorate still can’t be too sure who they voted for or who will be governor. Lawyers have become…

Is the church an enterprise? Yes. Is the church a place of spiritual alliance with the creator? Yes. Naturally, the church as an industry should be detached from incorporeal…

BY CHRIS OKOTIE The sacrilege of veiled congregation, I bring you greetings and salutations. My name is Reverend Chris Okotie. I am the Shepherd Superintendent of the Household of God Ekklesia.  In my last elocution, I expounded…

By Amir Stepak “They need that money in order to have the post office work so it can take all of these millions and millions of ballots. If they don’t get those two items,…

“Sorry about your man” “Thank you” “You know I used to think that this COVID-19 thing is a kind of scientific joke, but now I am beginning to take it seriously.” “How can you say that? It is people like you who mislead the public. I…

By I.E. Ogheneakpobo Politics is looked at in a broad sense as the struggle to secure the power of governance, while those who converge to form political parties with manifestos  are politicians. Politicians while…

Dr Obadiah Mailafia, a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), shook the airwaves recently when he told a radio station that a northern governor is the commander of Boko Haram. He also said the terrorists…

As you probably know, there are about 10 jets in Nigeria’s presidential fleet. In the run-up to the 2015 elections, they were of considerable anger to the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC),…

I have never been passionate about any Nigerian politician after Chief Obafemi Awolowo and Alhaji Lateef Jakande, as I am currently, of Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Asiwaju of Lagos and the Jagaban of Borgu. I practice and play…

By Umair Haque It’s hard to express — let alone process, grapple with, grasp — the scale of death that’s taken place in America. As a result not just of a deadly pandemic — but of…

The US Democratic party has just selected a former Attorney General of California, a former District Attorney of San Fransisco and a junior Senator representing California, a…

For decades, I had known him as a politician, businessman, and media entrepreneur. His reputation was as impressive as his height. But my first close contact with Mallam…

By Semiu Okanlawon I am not a fan of former President Olusegun Obasanjo and let me make that categorically clear from this point. I would return to this later for my reasons. I sat in my…

LAGOS, like other states, was groping in the ghost land that Nigeria had become that dusk in 1997. Middle-class Surulere was roiling in virtual lockdown as hordes of riot…

by Tony Usidamen  The searchlight beamed on the activities of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) recently has revealed a deep rot in the agency, which was set up by the federal…

Some people have said that it is against the African culture to speak ill of the dead. That is far from the truth. In the past, Africans spoke ill of the dead and exposed the dead if…

Many Nigerians are worried about rising debt profile of the nation which settled at ₦28.6 trillion in the first half of 2020. Of the sum, Nigeria’s indebtedness to…

Olusegun Obasanjo is a defining personality in Nigeria’s politics. For decades he has hovered like a wraith over the political cumulus. He is one of the many Nigerian…

Former President Olusegun Obasajo has truly added another inglorious , insensitive and anti -culture chapter into condolence letter - writing , even at his age and nearness…

Recently Mallam Mamman Daura the normally taciturn nephew of President Buhari did something he rarely does; he granted an interview. What is more, in the interview he…

When Shoprite owners announced that they were selling their stake in the Nigerian market, many of us were baffled. Initially misunderstood to mean the South African food retailer was going to…