2023: The paradox of choice  

Three or four Presidential candidates are of note, depending on your perspective and depth of understanding…

What’s the worth of Obasanjo’s endorsement?

Obasanjo is a big masquerade. His place in Nigeria’s political progression is undisputed. When iconic leaders…

TRIBUTE- My last meeting with late Ohaneze leader, Obiozor

The day his Library was burnt, I called him and from his voice, I knew a…

OPINION – How to help Nigeria in 2023

As we vote in February, it should be for a President who will give us new…

Soludo, Arthur Eze and limits of mercantilist politics

It is against this backdrop that the hypocrisy of Governor Soludo and Arthur Eze in demarketing…

OPINION: Five lessons 2022 taught us about politics and nationhood

Expect everything not to be the same again in the world and Nigeria come 2023. We…

OPINION – Youths, dont waste your golden decades

Don’t waste your youth consuming and parroting the opinion of others as gospel. It is like…

OPINION – What is the best age for marriage?

Among the Igbo, this is more prevalent. The Igbo have this tradition that the man has…

Arise TV: Morality, Ethics and Criticism (1)

On ethical grounds, Reuben Abati is a failure. On morality, he still fails the test. On…

US-Africa Summit: In whose interest?

The global powers are wooing Africa because of its natural resources, the size of its market…

Violence in South East and 2023 elections

At the same time, a viral audio recording attributed to the Simon Ekpa faction of the…

OPINION – Qatar ‘22: Will the Moors rule Europe again?

France is the favourite team now to win the World Cup.” He also reminded us that…

OPINION – Electoral Act 2022 and conduct of PDP congresses and primaries in Enugu state (Part 1)

Having conducted the congresses and primary election that produced its candidates in Enugu State for the…

Nduka Obaigbena and his THISDAY/ARISE News hypocritical grandstanding on public morality

While pretending to be a public trust, THISDAY and ARISE descend into the political arena by…

The poverty narrative: Federal versus State Governments

Nigeria needs leaders committed to Nigeria’s economic growth and development with an eagle eye focus on…

OPINION – Charlatanism at Chatham House

The power in the hands of the voter is almost equal to the power of the…

Tinubu candidacy and the Chatham House charade  

That assumption of entitlement that he earlier advertised in his absurd “Emi l’okan” (it is my…

OPINION – Dear Alagba Sola Fosudo

 When kids do well, parents are happy. When they turn bad, parents are sad. Getting ones…

OPINION – Attack on CJN: A baseless and needless political machination

This article by Dr. Kayode Ajulo analyses the remarks made by the Chief Justice of Nigeria,…

OPINION – Gov Ugwuanyi and Justice Maha: When justice gets murdered

Armed with the document, I can now make an informed opinion as to what transpired and…

Persons with Disability Day: Creating an enabling environment for all

  And where is that Nigerian law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in…

OPINION – Once upon a trip to Abacha’s Kano

Will there ever be an end to the Abacha cash being released to Nigeria? Are their…

Gbajabiamila, Ogene, others should be commended, deserve national honours for climbing fence to defend democracy

People were talking about lawmakers who scaled the fence. I want to say that those lawmakers…

OPINION – Free Aminu Muhammad

Even if Mrs. Buhari’s weight gain was due to an underlying illness, which is likely the…

Why Soludo should release part 2 of his article

Soludo went into the argument of how Obi would not win the 2023 presidential election. How…

OPINION – Openly Partisan Chief Justice of Nigeria?

The man seems to have lost his calling. It’s evident that he would do better as…

OPINION – Asian Tiger moms and Nigerian Yahoo-Yahoo mothers

Africa must not discard a method that has stood it in good stead for centuries now.…

 OPINION –  Hushpuppi’s first Thanksgiving

The likes of Hushpuppi blame the conmen in power for pauperising the people. This, to a…

OPINION – Poor man’s vote, big man’s excuse

The candidates who make it to the ballot papers are hardly the popular choices of the…

OPINION – The courage to fly 

Whatever happens in 2023 and thereafter nobody can deny Emmanuel the credit for being the first…