Opinion

By Valentine Obienyem Over the years, I have written about Peter Obi on his birthdays, a tradition stemming from my annual tribute to Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu while he was alive. I celebrate individuals…

By Sonnie Ekwowusi It is nauseating that despite several meetings held with Nigerian officials and several briefs and memoranda sent to them, the Nigerian officials has proceeded to sign the dreaded and devious Samoa…

By Akaninyene Esiere Nigeria is on a dire straits; even people in the corridors (and bedrooms) of power know it but they will not openly say so. The President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration thinks it can wish away…

Rejoinder TO New York Times’ Jaundiced Report On Nigeria’s Current Economic Situation Ruth Maclean and Ismail Auwal’s feature story with the title ‘Nigeria Confronts Its Worst Economic Crisis in a Generation’,…

I like to categorically state that the Obidient Movement is not directorate of any particular political party. Any individual or individuals claiming to be leaders of this non-existent directorate are simply not members of the…

By Dr Ade Dosumu The proposal by the Federal Government to grant full Autonomy to the Local Governments in Nigeria is a welcome development and long overdue. I commend the Federal government whose Attorney General Of…

BY Prince Tony Ezeimo (Ikenga-Nimo) Your Excellency, Sequel to your election bid, there were high hopes in Anambra State. Many Ndi Anambra believed that your reign as a Governor will put a permanent end to a couple…

By Law Mefor Margaret Thatcher, the British prime minister from 1979 to 1990, once declared that "no nation ever grew more prosperous by taxing its citizens beyond their capacity to pay." The reasoning goes that…

By Pat Utomi Each call from a journalist to discuss the ‘crisis’ in the Labour Party makes me feel the crisis of elite in Nigeria is so advanced that people are unable to recognize the difference between storms in…

Joseph Irikefe The Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration has again inadvertently revealed its penchant for dubious and shady deals in the face of this 700km Lagos-Calabar coastal highway. This project returned…