Articles & Opinions

“Everyone is a foreigner somewhere, today it is Lagos; tomorrow it could be anywhere else” The statement by the Oba of Lagos and the brouhaha that followed is the reference …

Farouk Martins Aresa We seem to forget what we hated so much about Buhari and Obasanjo, even under his civilian rule. Buhari may come out even worse if he cannot …

A couple of years ago I wrote an article explaining what I felt was a real risk to Nigeria’s national interest due to the growing trend of 10.5 million school …

Obafemi Awolowo, one of Nigeria most engaging political thinkers, once declared that the greatest legacy a leader could leave behind is to have his or her name etched in gold …

Today, 29th June 2015, makes it exactly a month since President Muhammad Buhari became the President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. …

Please, people should not be fooled by the sprawling churches and mosques in every nooks and crannies of Nigeria. In Nigeria, my country, before you said one word, no matter …

The current fuel crises in Nigeria and the harsh reality of falling oil price in the international market has once again open up the debate on deregulation of the upstream …

Almost a year ago, during the formative stages of APC, I had warned Nigerians that PDP will not go down without a fight.  I had written then that PDP and …

The protracted scandalous impasse and controversy over the emergence of the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives and selection of other principal officers of the current …

There is a Nigerian adage, which goes thus:€œThe headhunter never allows machete carrier to go behind his back€. This is the context that can help place the All Progressives Congress, …