Category: Opinions

There has been a hue and cry about the collapse of public institutions and infrastructure in Nigeria, particularly since the visit to the Police College Ikeja (PCI) by President Goodluck…

Government in Nigeria is a dark art into which only a select few ever get initiated. Passage through the rites and rituals of initiation impose obligations. One such obligation is…

One feature of Nigeria’s electoral politics, also predating Jonathan’s presidency, is that pre-election struggles within parties to select candidates (called primaries) are, at least as fierce as main electoral contests…

From the perspective of the intriguing phalanx of erudite advocates of a brand-new constitution, there has always been a robust feeling that it won’t be long before the flawed wagon…

I think that it is a pity that President Goodluck Jonathan’s Government declined to take up the challenge of the former Minister of Education, Mrs.Obiageli Ezekwesile, to a public debate…

A loosely bound group of yesterday’s men and women seems to be on the offensive against the Jonathan administration. They pick issues with virtually every effort of the administration, pretending…

Without doubt, the judgment by Justice Abubakar Talba of the Federal High Court, Abuja, in the case of Mr. John Yakubu Yusufu and others undergoing trial for over N38 billion…

I understand distinguished Senator David Mark, the President of the Senate of the Federal Republic, is a very pious man. I don’t know Mr. Mark personally, but those who know…

In a traditional Igbo community, an accused person walks with shame and does not enjoy the cooperation of the kinsmen and kinswomen till he or she cleared his or her…

Staying in my state Imo throughout the Christmas and New Year holiday, offered me the opportunity to glean through the factors that heat up the politics of the state at…