Nigeria Matters

If tragedies and disasters occur under the watch of an aviation team-leader, it is only understandable why many may opine that the leader’s hands are dripping and glossed up with …

The job of the government is not only to promote and protect the welfare of its people; it is its constitutional and primary duty to defend people against internal and …

At the airport I checked in my lone bag, passed through security check and headed straight for the gate, and I saw the plane. It looked like an abandoned piece …

Nigeria is 53 years as a nation on 1st October 2013. This writer joins millions of Nigerians both at home and in the diaspora  to mark the  occasion  with sober …

Just last week, the Nigerian Ambassador to the US, Prof. Ade Adefuye, perhaps in a fit of non-alcoholic wine-induced fervor, pronounced God a Nigerian.  The man is a Professor of …

For me, our problems started with the military’s insidious and invidious incursion into governance in Nigeria. They caused the majority of our problems today. They divided us; they misruled us; …

Nigeria definitely has never had it this bad. When in the history of Nigeria, even under Abacha has the Federal Government been so broke it cannot pay state allocations? This …

Senator Ngige knows the tenets of modern democracies. Under him, Anambra people did not suffer and will not face difficulties again, because he shows that he knows how to tackle …

Nigeria has experienced 53 years of leadership failures. This is evident in the huge external debt, high rate of inflation, high level of poverty, bad monetary policy, high government spending, …

Some States have adopted somewhat desperate slogans for their number plates. Nassarawa is ‘Home of Solid Minerals’, but so what? The minerals are mostly mined by individuals who never make …

I am highlighting this news brew in case you missed it while bustling about in your business. I will bullet the points so you don’t forget easily…

Our problem started right from the time Nigeria was set free. Going by all records and accounts, Nigeria no doubt had well-meaning and intelligent politicians then but the virile seeds …

The political ante in Anambra State is gradually inching to a climax with the fast approaching governorship election in the state coming up on November 16. The battle to elect …

Our democracy is being tested. It consistently undergoes constructions, deconstructions and reconstructions. In the process, ideas battles with ideal…

Dilemmas come in different shapes and magnitude; yet some are simply ridiculous and difficult to understand…

The scuffle which was reported on September 17th 2013 to have occurred in Nigeria’s House of Representatives is a mark the that (dis)honournable members are showcasing their incompetence…