Category: Opinions

I am no economist. Then again, neither are a whole lot of the people who have written or spoken in recent times on the economic issues prevalent in our nation…

I shall not insist that the historic/biblical figure of Nebuchadnezzar is uniquely apt for the pivotal figure of the ‘democratic’ history in the making at this moment — for one…

The havoc-wreaking attack by Boko Haram terrorists, in which multiple suicide bomb blasts rocked the Kano Central mosque, during Friday prayers, killing over 100 people, is a callous, wicked, disdainful…

The decision by a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri not to indict police officer Daren Wilson for the murder of Michael Brown, a young black man, has caused quite a…

The owner of the body does not say that he is in no pain, while we insist on commiserating with him for his sleeplessness and his restlessness. (One does not…

Amid the sliding profile of Nigeria’s revenue base, following the steady diminution in oil receipts (not oil revenue); the decision by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to devalue the…

Mr Speaker, right now, and as a matter of urgency head into the lower chamber of the National Assembly, and become an All-Nighter until the morning of December 3rd, 2014.…

The story of David and Goliath remains a popular and fascinating tale. A young shepherd slays a seasoned and —by some accounts— gigantic soldier. This story plays into the narrative…

Some stories are best told straight. Just when it seems the Jonathan administration has hit the lowest ebb in governance capacity and signaling for real national rebirth, it manages to…

Forty-four years after the end of the Nigeria-Biafra War, Nigeria finds herself on the brink of another civil war. Nigerians have waited in vain in the last five years for…