Nigeria Matters

Three scenarios make room for the topic of this week’s discussion. One is from a workshop organised by the Malami SAN-led Ministry of Justice late 2022. In that workshop, Chief …

It’s quite easy to be misunderstood once any bloke talks about forging something in this country called Nigeria. There are so many accusations of forgeries all over the place such …

It is a glorious thing to have a tested leader as the president of a country. It is also a blessing when the president means what he says and when …

The people who used to shout most about the need for a revolution to happen in Nigeria are now the blokes making many arguments against revolution. The former activists and …

At a programme in honour of the reconstituted North-East Development Commission (NEDC) recently, Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, warned that Nigeria risked being wiped off the map in the …

If we go back to the history of Nigeria, the truth is: dear fatherland has learnt nothing. In the days of Obafemi Awolowo and Ladoke Akintola, this was how they …

As the November 11, 2023, governorship elections in Imo, Bayelsa and Kogi states draw close, widespread and justifiable concerns continue to mount about the capacity and willingness of the Independent …

When our forefathers came up with the wise saying that ‘the earnest wish of potters is for earth to be clay’, it was not only worthy of commendation but also …

Nigeria’s president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been advised to focus on policies and programmes that will help put food on the tables of the ordinary Nigerians and make life better …

From time immemorial, the masses have relied on constituted governments to implement road projects for the socio-political economy of the society. Whichever government got the construction right would be praised …

There are only four elements you look for in a song. Intellectuals identify them as imagery, diction, sound and the flow or rhythm of the said song. What this easily …

Two highly-connected characters have their hands soiled in circumstances climaxing in the tragic death of 27-year-old Afrobeat Rapper and Musician, Mohbad, on September 12. Sam Larry is one. This music …

Abuja is the modern day Egypt. To receive services, you must tender your Tax clearance. Lol That was how Pharaoh made the Israelites to source for straw themselves and produce …

There is only one research document on abandoned, substandard and ‘ongoing’ projects in the Niger Delta. It is titled Citizen Report Card on Niger Delta Institutions, and it is ascribed …

Although the initial steps have to be taken by the individual, the picture of personality as having “power to uplift, power to depress, power to curse, and power to bless” …

“Death is…the absence of presence…the endless time of never coming back…a gap you can’t see, and when the wind blows through it, it makes no sound” – Tom Stopard In …