Category: Opinions

Not too long ago, while glancing through one of the social media platforms for further details and information on the gloomy election recently held in Anambra state, this writer came…

My original intention this week was to write a sequel to the piece on the challenge of youth engagement; but i had to suspend that to address something else that…

Pope Francis took the United Nations General Assembly in New York by storm (and by surprise). There was no entourage of aides. According to the official United Nations programme, the…

As university undergraduates, we were taught that the main function of a political party was the organisation of people for the purpose of securing power. The people, so organised, must…

With the tributes that have been pouring in across all strata of the society locally and internationally, there is no doubt that the academic world in particular and Nigeria in…

There is certainly more to the postponement of President Goodluck Jonathan’s budget speech to the National Assembly, than meets the eye. Like an annual ritual that never fails, the postponement…

Do people shape society or does society shape people?” This is the question of the century and my answer is as follows. The sheer power of vision, creativity and strength…

The car accident involving the convoy of Kogi State Governor, Captain Idris Wada, was tragic for the loss of life it occasioned, but the probability that the tragedy could have…

The late literary icon, Prof Chinua Achebe was at his proverbial best when he stated in one of his novels that the house the enemy wanted to pull down has…

Akwa Ibom State has come a long way. The state that hitherto wallowed in underdevelopment, poverty, ignorance and illiteracy has, over the last five years or so, meandered its way…