Opinion

It appears that politicians, particularly the ethnic champions, are in a hurry. They are eager to sow seeds of discord and deepen the division among…

My theory. Boko Haram is an enterprise. The wheel of the war must be kept spinning for the profiteers and racketeers of blood. The insurgency has raged on for more than a decade. And when it…

In late December, the Kwara State government reclaimed a piece of land bordering the civil service clinic…

The challenge that Amotekun, the newly established Western Nigeria Security Network, faces is the dilemma of the Yoruba race. It has been…

Majekodunmi Fasheke, the Nigerian reggae music legend and firebrand rasta who sang protest songs, spoke against police brutality, fought for…

I was privileged to know that senior advisors to Governor Seyi Makinde were in talks with top representatives of the dissolved Oyo State local government chairmen for a negotiated…

Each time he itemizes the three focal areas of government, President Muhammadu Buhari follows the same order: we shall secure the…

By Femi Adesina Our Ministers have been giving their performance reports for the last quarter, and it was the turn of Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola last week, at the…

Mr Festus Keyamo, minister of state for labour and employment, gave one of the most sensible responses to criticism by an official of the Muhammadu Buhari administration on Friday.…

In 2007, the Federal Government of Nigeria ratified and signed to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities which requires that nations must…

If Nigeria should die (which we don’t pray for), then hatred killed her. Done in by hateful hearts and lying tongues. People who hate others for no just…

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown – A line from the play, King Henry the Fourth (Part Two), by William Shakespeare.…

At the risk of exaggeration, I would say that the Supreme Court, on January 14, 2020, delivered its most…

The Federal Republic of Nigeria as a constitutional democracy guarantees freedom of expression consistent with the prevailing provisions of our laws. For this reason, citizens are free to hold any…

As he hits the golden jubilee milestone (on January 21), I couldn’t think of a better depiction of that biblical line, “a friend that sticks…

SIR: The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) is the principal security agency saddled with internal security in Nigeria. There are other internal law enforcement…

Since the introduction of Shari’a law in Zamfara state in January 2000, nothing else has tested the sanctity of Nigeria’s practice of federalism…

A LAWYER, Kenneth Ikonne, in an article entitled “The Imo gubernatorial judgment – a painful but legally…

By Remi Oyeyemi “Òro se ni wò, ká lè m’eni tó fé ni.” – Yorùbá Aphorism Translation: “Be afflicted and know those who love you.” “Ká rìn…

About three years to the next general election, the race for the top job, has earnestly begun. President Muhammadu Buhari is constitutionally disqualified…

By Femi Falana On October 27, 2016 the Presidency confirmed the newspaper reports of the planned sale of the two Presidential aircraft, a Falcon 7x…

By OLA AWONIYI When Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan graduated from the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) in 1984 with a B.Sc in Geography, his apparent career was as…

Hours after Iran launched a ballistic missile attack on Iraqi bases housing U.S. soldiers in retaliation for the killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, President Trump appeared in the White…

One might think that US President Donald Trump was reckless in ordering the assassination of Iranian General Qasem Solemani. How else could he have been unmindful of the grave implications of such a drastic…