Opinion Corner

Niran Adedokun I am still dazed by the number of Nigerians who have expressed disappointment at how the Senate threw out the proposal for devolution of powers last Wednesday. It did not occur to me that we had so many people hoping against hope that things would go differently. Even then, I am sure that those who are not given …

A former Interim National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Bisi Akande, has described the 1999 Constitution as the problem of Nigeria, saying without overhauling it, the country may not experience the much-needed development. He said the constitution which, according to him, was designed for the people of the country by the military, promoted “criminal impunity in the governance …

Why must the man who reforms the moribund finances of the State; the person who raises the bar for teaching and learning, the man who promotes functional educational system, the person who creates wealth through provision of jobs, the man who banishes poverty from amongst his people, through employment opportunities, the man who restores healthy living, the man who maintains …

By Jim Garamone – DoD News WASHINGTON, July 23, 2017 — While Russia remains the greatest nation-state threat, the United States doesn’t have the luxury of singling out one challenge, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said at the Aspen Security Forum in Aspen, Colorado on Saturday night. NBC’s chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell asked Marine Corps …

Nigerians are frustrated by the collapse of all institutions both in public and private life to provide a modicum of functional civil society. The kleptocracy of those in government at all levels from national, states to local government; the endemic corruption of the judiciary and law enforcement agencies has exacerbated the helplessness and hopelessness of Nigerians. The National assembly has …

It is on record that successive Nigerian governments have amassed about N100 trillion from 58 years of oil exploration. Since the discovery of oil in the 1950s, price of petrol in the country has continued to go up from one administration to the other, starting from 1972 to this present administration. In the past 44 years successive Nigerian government has …

And the news came! Brother Wahab is dead! First, it was like a dream before it became a reality. For those of us who knew you as a loving, lovable, sincere, steadfast and wonderful man, it was not only a rude shock, but something that was hard to come to terms with. We have been crying. We have been mourning …

The city Centre, popularly known as King’s Square was used as a test case. The otherwise known as Oba Ovoranmwen Square, which used to be characterized by chaos, disorder and filth, was rid of all that. Sanity has been restored. No more trading on walkways or roads, no indiscriminate parking of vehicles, no littering or hawking around the city Centre, …

Benjamin Franklin is reputed to have said, “Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.” Every time I read this quote, I wonder if anyone could actually describe themselves as ‘unaffected.’ Clearly, we are all in one boat, if there are holes on my side of the boat, sooner than later, …

Out of the three major ethnic groups in Nigeria, the Igbo have by far the worst politicians. Among the different ethnic groups in Nigeria, the Igbo are without a doubt, one of the most remarkable. So remarkable, indeed, that some have even traced their ancestry to biblical Israel, as the far-flung descendants of Jacob, the Jewish patriarch. Gad, Jacob’s seventh …