Opinion

The Verdict By Olusegun Adeniyi It says so much about our country that the government as well as our citizens appear oblivious to the monumental human misery in Morocco and Libya. Given the magnitude of the catastrophe...

The verdict by Olusegun Adeniyi Fifteen of our 36 governors and three deputy governors travelled to Kigali, Rwanda last month for a three-day executive leadership retreat. We were told the trip was organised by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership...

By Ken Ugbechie Military putsch, popularly known as coup, has defined leadership in Africa for many decades. It’s actually one of the reasons Africa is tagged backward by the West. The inability of leaders in African...

By Olusegun Adeniyi The United States National Intelligence Council once provoked outrage in Nigeria when it published a May 2005 controversial report, ‘Mapping Sub-Saharan Africa’s Future’. Under the sub-heading ‘Downside Risks’, the report stated that “while...

By Olusegun Adeniyi When I woke up yesterday to news of a military coup in Gabon, I concluded there must be a better way to earn a living than peddling opinions on the pages of newspapers. We...

By Miriam Omede I was forced to bleed into a sanitary pad for more than the advised 8 hours because I simply couldn’t afford to change to a fresh one. I silently suffered the discomfort and...