Opinion

 Cortes told me that as at today, his country is neither a state nor allowed independence. In the latest situation, the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonisation on June 16, …

There’s a part of my job that can swallow you whole. Journalists are brought up on a diet whose main ingredients are a deliberate blend of crime, sex, and money. …

(Published in my TREASURES column on the back page of the New Telegraph newspaper of Wednesday, 3 July, 2025). Three highbrow resignations of recent are those of the presidential spokesperson, …

Though an offshoot of the June 12 Struggle, Abiola v. Abubakar is now an international legal precedent that contributes to the body of transnational human rights jurisprudence. It is a …

In 2000, one individual, then President Olusegun Obasanjo, expressed passionate pessimism about the performance of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The Niger Delta Region was clearly underdeveloped and in …

I am told Tijani is a solo player, so immersed in his ideas that he hardly accommodates the concerns of those around him, meaning that he may have more vision …

Nigeria’s political party system is in urgent need of reform. We need political parties that speak to the people’s needs and reflect popular aspirations, not the narrow, selfish ambitions of …

President Tinubu and the APC possess both the skill and the willingness to learn and evolve politically. In contrast, the PDP and LP leadership seem incapable of drawing lessons from …

…there is no doubt that the PIA 2021 has significantly transformed Nigeria’s oil and gas industry by modernising its regulatory, fiscal and contractual frameworks to attract investment and improve governance. …

Apparently, the Tinubu administration is not advised on this  reconciliation moves, so it selects the Ogoni 9 for national honours, leaving out the Ogoni 4.  But it is not too late; just …