Opinion

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…

If there was a more volatile time to exist, then those who lived in the early days of 80s would know and understand much better what standing for…

Since former Abia State governor, Orji Uzo Kalu left Government House, Umuahia 12 years ago, his attempts at regaining political relevance in the…

During the bad old days of General Sani Abacha, a group of Nigeria’s political and economic elites formed a pro-democracy political action organisation called NADECO (National Democratic Coalition). Among…

The birth of Jesus Christ, the son of Mary, globally celebrated on the 25th of every December has no scriptural basis neither does it have a clear…

One of the most chilling claims I have ever heard in my life was allegedly made by the chief security officer to a Nigerian military ruler years ago. Nicely confronted by journalists over his suffocating…