Opinion

Sir: You can accuse Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo of being ‘’down-to-earth’’, considering his pint-size. You can also accuse him of intellectual exuberance, but you cannot tack corruption…

Ladies and gentlemen, let me thank the Vice Chairman of Ikoyi Club, who incidentally is Chairman of the anniversary sub-committee, Tafa Zibiri-Aliu, and by extension, the…

Forgiveness to the injured does belong; for they ne’er pardon who have done the wrong.” John Dryden, 1631-1700. VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS.The first part of this two-part series ended rather abruptly. But, I hope…

HarrySong, a musician once sang, “after the reggae play the blues, the blues, the blues”.The song signifies that, after a system has outlived its purpose, the wise thing to do is to…

Idris Okuneye, the indolent male loafer who by some magical contraptions turned himself into a woman, is finally getting the attention he has craved for years, but certainly not in the…

A lot has been said about xenophobia and on the strained relationship between South Africa and the rest of black Africa with particular reference to Nigeria. In the…

Pieter Willem Botha, South Africa’s former Prime Minister and first Executive President may be turning in his grave, jeering at the seeming inability of the African National Congress…

With tension brewing between the United States and Iran following last week attack on a Saudi Arabian oil facility which removed as much as five percent of global supplies, there has been an unprecedented jump in…

Like most Nigerians, I have never met Allen Onyema, the Chairman of  Air Peace Airline, before. I may not even be able to pick him out in a crowd.…

Scary. That, in one word, captures my conclusion after reading a chapter on judgment debts in Mr Mohammed Bello Adoke’s book, Burden of Service: Reminiscences of…

When you begin to chase your own shadow, you must be ready for its elusiveness. Because you will never catch your shadow! If you cannot 'cum,' must you be 'cumming' or force yourself to…

I have pondered on Atiku Abubakar’s case against President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential election petition tribunal. I have also cerebrated on the counter arguments of…

Growing up in the military days, I used to wish to grow up to be as handsome as T. Y. Danjuma. I have an eye for things beautiful and Danjuma was indeed tall, dark and handsome in the…

I am presently in South Africa, in resident as a fellow at the Stellenbosch Institute of Advanced Studies (STIAS), in Stellenbosch, the Western Cape. Early in the week I began to receive numerous calls and…

Process and Industrial Developments Limited(P&1D), a virtually unknown entity among most Nigerians two months ago, has since seized the front pages of local and international news media after a UK court awarded a…

Until he was ousted two years ago, Robert Mugabe was the only president I and the other "born frees" - the generation born after independence in 1980 - had ever known. Mugabe was my grandmother's…

Even before I began receiving inquiries regarding the controversial $9.6 billion judgement that has become a Sword of Damocles over Nigeria, I was digging to find out what happened. Late President Umaru Musa…

THERE is a popular belief about Karma — what you sow, you reap.  By Karma, those who sow evil must reap evil, even if payback time could be a later generation. But could Karma also…

Over the last few days, South Africa has been deeply saddened by a wave of violence against our fellow Africans. We stand ashamed before our African brothers and sisters and before…

Hon. Justice Sylvester Ngwuta I wonder if you know him. Or even remember him, or his name. If you have forgotten him, don’t blame yourself.…

I would like to comment on the views expressed in today’s issue of The Sunday Sun by some Nigerians on the issue related to the need for the emergence of the President of Nigeria from…

You may not really know how it feels to be stigmatised as a Nigerian until you travel out of the country or have dealings with foreigners. Years ago, when I arrived at the University of…

Whilst exchanging banters on Facebook regarding why Buhari was not invited to the recently concluded G7 summit despite the fact that leaders of smaller African…

I had nothing. We had nothing. But I was living as if I had everything. If I could tell you one secret about my life, this would be it. Anyone can be happy — anyone can love this game. …