Opinion

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…

That day, the twelfth day of August, 1997 was electric…a deep pall of sadness swept over the nation, yet a distinct halo of exhilaration swooshed over metropolitan cities of Nigeria…as the prodigiously gifted enigma…

By Marie Camara The Food and Drug Law Institute organized on July 30th a webinar on the perilous process for innovative tobacco manufacturers to obtain an authorization to communicate to the public.…

By Gboyega Akosile Thank God I am back at my duty post! I returned to work today, Wednesday, August 5, 2020 after several weeks away, battling the monstrous Coronavirus.…

Lately, the leaders of the Ibadan socio-cultural group, Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes, appealed to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to…

I’ve been amused by the strenuous efforts to explain exactly what Mamman Daura, President Muhammadu Buhari’s nephew, meant or did not mean when he said last week that…

President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor would not be elected for another three years, yet the air is already thick with intrigue. Given the immense powers of the Nigerian presidency…

Pre-Goodluck Jonathan, Niger Delta depredation was a serious issue, amplified by justified militancy, with over-flowing national guilt. During the Jonathan Presidency, with the…

Nigeria is the collective heritage of about 200 million people of diverse ethnic backgrounds and tongues. There are over 250 ethnic nationalities spread across the country. Nigeria…

I was once invited to the African Centre in London to give a talk on the concept of rotational presidency in Nigeria. It was a well-advertised lecture, so quite a number of Nigerians were aware of it. I did my best and got a…