Category: Opinion

In 2004, a Russian vessel loaded with stolen Nigerian crude oil was detained at Apapa port and the crew put on trial in court. While the trial was going on, the vessel suddenly disappeared...

Not that I have any candidate for 2023 Presidential election. I am neither Obedient, Atikulated nor Batified. Indeed, I shall not vote in the forth-coming presidential election. My preferred candidate for the office of...

I cannot understand why the Federal Government would hire lawyers to defend Senator and Mrs. Ike Ekwerenmadu accused of commiting crime on foreign soil. You could of course argue that it is a gesture...

In a classic mockery, and somewhat satirical condemnation of the judgment of the Supreme Court of Nigeria allowing wearing of Hijab in Lagos schools, a legal practitioner, Chief Malcom Omirhobo, last week, appeared before...

You see this man, this professor? He is our next President, Atiku or no Atiku. But first APC Presidential primaries. Atiku’s emergence as PDP flagbearer has further dims Ashiwaju’s chances of picking APC ticket....

Perhaps the most enduring legacy of the Marshall Plan, the massive U.S. program to rebuild Western Europe’s economy after World War II, is the endless desire to repeat it. Daunting geopolitical challenges invariably spawn...

My friend Ugo Egbujo wrote: “Osinbajo will bring national pride One on one against Macron, Biden, Trudeau Osinbajo will shine. The sort of president you want addressing the world everyday And he isn’t a...

Fancy speeches are being made in European capitals – ostensibly in support of Zelenskyy – while Putin pounds Ukraine. It must be noted that nothing concrete, militarily, has come the way of Ukraine from...

I am so happy that we do not have a real military power in Africa. Every country is dealing with its internal problems. The Americas (North and South), two of the biggest continents in...

In 2010, Ukraine elected Viktor Yakunovych elected as president. The West (US & EU) were not happy with these events as they saw the new president as too aligned to Russia. Before Yakunovych’s election,...