By Gbenga Olorunpomi More than six months after taking the Oath of Office and pledging to bring much-needed change to Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari finally swore in 36 men and women as... Read more
By Abdul Mahmud Last week, the debate over ethnic nationalism, identity and power politics took the centre stage of our public discourse that folks who grew up in Nigeria of the 1970’s... Read more
By Okey Ndibe I believe that a nation need not be a fixed, immutable entity, but a living organism, susceptible (in keeping with laid out procedures and according to the wish of its constitu... Read more
By SKC Ogbonnia Unlike my father, my mother Esther Oligwe Ogbonnia hardly cares who wins or who loses in presidential politics so far there is peace. Not in 2015! Full of excitement followin... Read more
By Ismail Balogun If there is one thing that ushered in the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari and gave it the overwhelming mandate of Nigerians, it is the campaign rhetoric of dea... Read more
By Biko Agozino When I last saw Baba Eskor Toyo in June 2015, I was overcome with emotion after I saw the giant wheelchair-bound following a stroke several years earlier. I visited him with... Read more
By Kareem Abdul-Jabbar The 2016 candidate has more in common with the terrorist group than he does with America. The terrorist campaign against American ideals is winning. Fear is rampant. G... Read more
By Aisha Muhammed-Oyebode I recently had the privilege of hosting one of Africa’s most iconic women, a mentor, role model and a dear friend, Mrs. Graça Machel-Mandela, former first lady of t... Read more
By Chido Onumah I am a child of Biafra. I was born on the eve of that avoidable and internecine civil war. My father fought in that war on the side of Biafra. I have sat through many hours o... Read more
By Obadero Olanipekun The Annual Budget is the most effective instrument for the formulation, implementation and execution of government’s plans and programmes. By extension, it is a means... Read more







