Opinion Corner

I have never liked the principle of federal character. It is an opportunity to fill public offices with unqualified people. I mean people who are intellectually undeserving. I am sure that I am speaking the minds of many Nigerians. I believe in one thing: if somebody is good, don’t play politics with his competence. We should not sacrifice meritocracy on …

One of the points those who opposed Buhari’s presidential ambition raised against him was that given his antecedents, he would not be fair to all Nigerians based on ethnicity and religion. By his actions and utterances, he has not proved that view wrong. This does not augur well for the unity, peace and progress of the nation. By Azuka Onwuka With …

Rape is a conscious process of intimidation wherein perpetrators keep women and children especially, in a state of constant fear. Rape devalues the victim. It is a crime which stigmatizes the emotions, a crime of insult, oppression and revenge that needs to be punished because a rapist is a criminal and all crimes and their beneficiaries must be punished. By …

I Can’t quite find the words to qualify the sadness I’m currently experiencing. It is often the cross of decent, well-mannered people to have to defend, in this era of dangerously uninhibited, provocative opinions, the right to still believe in intelligent discussion and analysis as opposed to fear-mongering and bigotry. It is also a shame that rational minds eventually run …

By Gary Younge As relatives grieve and a nation mourns, America’s political class will pick through the wreckage of the heinous events in Orlando and try to frame the tragedy in a way that suits their agenda. Those who hoped a tragedy of this nature might be extracted from partisan politics will be sorely disappointed. The facts are sparse and …

If death were a referee, he would have been extremely authoritarian. Apart from the fact that a referee’s decision is normally the final, umpire death would have been notorious on the pitch. Among other terrible scenarios, he could end a match mid-way, even when nothing practically called for that. This appears to be what death did on Wednesday when it …

Ten years ago, yours sincerely received an unforgettable call on a certain Sunday afternoon. It was the ebullient Jimoh Ibrahim that was on the line. The youthful billionaire, though already a friend, was in a combative mood over the day’s edition of this column published on the back page of Sunday Sun which I edited then. His beef stemmed not …

One person that would be conspicuously missing at today’s national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP whether in Abuja or Port-Harcourt would be Chief Olisa Metuh, the outgoing National Publicity Secretary of the PDP. On Thursday, Metuh’s physical frailty seemed to compound his seeming political pains when he vomited twice in court. Today’s convention, if it holds, would be …

By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo You come to America, young and dashing, on a full scholarship, finish school, get a great job, marry a glamorous spouse, have cute children, and retire at a young age with a great pension, portfolio and posture. …And live happily ever after. Yes champ; rub it in. For the rest of you, life abroad is a …

The Nigeria government has also proved a point by giving civil society organizations the opportunity to choose their representative to the new NSWG, and stakeholders have equally commended the president for this move describing it as a welcome development. But while the process of selecting the CSO representative was on, the Nigerian Government did the unexpected by singlehandedly appointing the …