Opinion

TODAY, I celebrate two giants among men: Chief Ayo Adebanjo, leader of Afenifere, the Yoruba socio-cultural and political group; and Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, Ijaw leader and President of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF. These are four of our oldest surviving founding fathers who share certain characteristics. They are nonagenarians, and I list them in their ages’ descending order: Alhaji Tanko Yakassai, 97; Chief Mbazulike Amechi, 96; Chief Clark, 95 and Chief Adebanjo, 94. In spite of their ages, these living ancestors are very eloquent, blessed white photographic memories and are strong regional leaders and advocates. They are still…

Good day Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen. Arguably, Nigeria is a Nation supposedly positioned to lead the rest of Africa and by extension be listed amongst the top World economies if we had the privilege to have quality minds in leadership positions in Nigeria. Nigeria is graduating into the shame of Africa as we allowed clueless Political Buccaneers and Economic Vandals took over the mantle of leadership of Nigeria over the years . Nigeria has had leaders who are not in sync with how developed economies across the world are run as they do not prioritize those components that effectuate…

Organ harvesting doesn't mean killing someone and selling their body parts for "money" or other kinds of "ritual." It's a term for surgically removing a body organ, such as a kidney, from a healthy person who can live without it and transplanting it to the body of someone who is in danger of dying without it. It's a crime in the UK and elsewhere if this is done without the consent of the organ donor. Ekweremadu's child needs an organ to survive, and he is alleged to have brought in a donor from Nigeria whose consent he and his wife…

People often underestimate the power of their individual vote during elections. Most people have the errornous believe that it is a good volume of votes is what secures victory in an election, but always fail to consider the fact that just one vote can make a whole lot of difference in an election.With this ignoramus attitude, important elections have been lost severally to the wrong candidates. Think about it, even the volumes of votes come only on the accumulation of one vote. History is replete with elections won just on the power of a single vote. In 1654, just one…