Category: Opinion

By Victor Oluwasina For over ten years running, virtually all the communities of Ondo South Senatorial District, which is made of six local government areas of Ilaje, Ese Odo, Okitipupa, Irele, Odigbo and Ile Oluji-Oke Igbo, have been under a blanket blackout. Many petitions and appeals by the people of the District to the authorities, […]

• State of foreign missions calls for urgent attention Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, is not the first Nigerian to cry out about the need to fix the sorry state of Nigeria’s foreign missions. But his is potent. Following a motion moved by Kassim Maigari, who bemoaned the unfortunate circumstances that […]

By Uwem Samson Udom It is no longer news that on January 30th the Akwa Ibom state Governor, Udom Emmanuel introduced publicly to his audience at the government house the man he has anointed to be his successor. Since that announcement huge reactions have trailed the Governor’s action. The disquiet, uproar and avalanche of his […]

By Joel Popoola President Muhammadu Buhari has the arduous task of fulfilling his pre-election promise of making Nigeria less corrupt than it currently is. Another annual international Corruption Perception Index, another year of depressing reading for Nigeria. This year’s league table of the most corrupt countries on Earth sees Nigeria slipping even further – dropping […]

By Dan Agbese In this file photo taken on November 16, 1955 Picture released on November 16, 1955 of first president of Nigeria, Nnamdi Azikiwe from 1963 to 1966. – On October 1, 2020, Nigeria celebrates its 60th independence from Britain. (Photo by – / AFP) I have argued a zillion times in this column […]

Demonstrators gathering in Ouagadougou to show support to the military hold a picture of Liutenent Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba the leader of the mutiny and of the Patriotic Movement for the Protection and the Restauration (MPSR) on January 25, 2022. – In the aftermath of the coup d’etat in Burkina Faso which overthrew President Roch […]

By Richard Odusanya On Feb 10, 2022 Nigeria is asset rich but poor in leadership; a land full of mineral resources, unimaginable wealth and human capital. Our beloved country is so blessed, yet crawling into avoidable crisis. Sadly, the whole world is watching us as the ‘sleeping giant’ becomes the poverty capital of world. The […]

Lamentation of the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, in reaction to gruesome killings in the land signposts more of legislative lame duck than executive’s helplessness to tackle insecurity. Clearly, the Lawan-led Ninth Assembly is not in want of evidence of a failed administration. The Houses are also abreast of the constitutional antidote to bad leadership that […]

By Azu Ishiekwene My wife occasionally jokes that my stressful, high-strung lifestyle could mean I’ll die before her. I’ve hardly paid any attention, until recently. Three weeks ago, we both visited a friend who lost his father on New Year’s Day. The deceased was over 90. We went in company with my friend and neighbour […]