Nigeria Matters

The man Olusegun Obasanjo is as complex and paradoxical as his record; here was a storied General whose famed native intelligence contrasted with his brash, dictatorial and vindictive tendencies. A …

No doubt Mr. President did not surround himself with some of Nigeria’s best men and women. But, then, given the kind of arrangement we have in place that places not …

Telling the truth is not always easy in a land that is characterised by untrustworthiness; therefore truth becomes an art of rebellion or opposition in the eyes of men and …

Every reasonable observer of politics in Oyo State knew that the former Chairman of the state’s chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Alhaji Lateef Akinsola, a.k.a. Tokyo, …

It would have been hilarious were it not true that members of the Oyo State House of Assembly took their spouses on a junket through the United Kingdom (UK) and …

You cannot flip the pages of the hundreds of Nigeria’s newspapers, and millions of websites dedicated to analyzing the problems of Nigeria without coming away with a sense of knowing …

Some persons have the ability to learn from experience while others do not have. The latter does not make human existence unique. It is not remarkable…

Nations always compete fiercer than businesses compete. Doing everything to scuffle and derail potential challengers, has been the rule of the game. For nations ahead in the game, they take …

Few days ago, Transparency International came out with a damning report to the effect that Nigeria is the 35th most corrupt country on earth. This was coming on the heels …

David Iyofor should as a matter of fact and urgency keep on feeding the world with information about the governor in his own periscope…

Kalu has shown that he is not of the old block of politicians like those who have made every attempt to pull him down by all means…

The octogenarian mother of Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was kidnapped right from inside their palace last week.  Of course it had to happen in Delta State, the home of …

For the umpteenth time, the former Governor of Abia State is calling on the Igbo to unite, irrespective of their political affiliations and associations. He has been reaching out to …

Today, Nigeria is in a hell of crisis. It’s on a debt-based life-support. Over half of its employable workforce is unemployed. The accompanying social dislocations are increasingly beyond its carrying …

Young people make-up two thirds of the Nigerian population and we are unarguably faced with numerous problems ranging from unemployment, HIV/AIDS, Mass illiteracy, lack of educational opportunities, poverty, and a …

Why have Nigerian leaders even with the highest level of educational exposure and experience fallen short of the practice of modern democracy? I have espoused in other commentaries that it …