Nigeria Matters

I will like to make it clear that I am firmly convinced that there is nothing wrong with Nigeria that cannot be cured; all we need is the personal courage …

The fundamental role of government, which is without doubt the most important function of government, is the protection of life and property.  Anambra State’s center of normality is being swept …

There are billionaires in Nigeria who do not know what to do with money again. They only continue to stockpile more money in different hard currencies as if they are …

As I wrote to complain about the traffic mayhem and gridlocks on Nigerian roads last week, and particularly so, about the traffic standstill in Choba Port Harcourt, a bridge on …

Abia is one of the states that lay the golden eggs for Nigeria. However, it has become a state where the roads being constructed are mostly done with shovels, whereas …

Abia has to be the most horribly ruled state in Nigeria today. Very sad! The present dispensation is a government of excuse. Even people who are not from Abia are …

Where is the popular or notorious-depending on your stand in this matter- manuscript attributed to Major Emmanuel Arinze Ifeajuna? How fares this unpublished work by the man who is regarded …

If there is any critic that has been writing against Orji with the measure of this hooey ‘e-governance aide’, I won’t know. I have only been writing that Gov. Orji …

Why go through all the troubles to have Mrs. Clinton visit Nigeria for five hours just to make speeches affirming US support for Nigeria? Has she not done this before? …

Our long nightmare has just begun. But no one had any inkling that dreams will be truncated midstream. It all started in May 29, 2011; that sunny day in Eagles …

For many people these are clearly uncertain times, it is the same everywhere you look in the world. In Nigeria, however, uncertainty is the norm. It is neither a temporary …

In recent years, many celebrated cases handled by the EFCC have suffered a natural death. For example, the cases against bank chiefs are still pending in court because EFCC prosecutors …

Our president, Goodluck Jonathan, is ill at ease with his perception amongst the people he rules. Some days ago, he laid the blame for his woeful performance on the press …

In Nigeria, innovative and constructive thinking is ignored because the Nigerian press has been inoculated with the total habit of reporting relevancies or irrelevancies as long as  these  emanate  from …

Our society, like any other society consists of psychopaths and criminal. The only difference is that with Nigerians, the criminals and psychopaths seem to have been having the upper hand …

Regardless of all the reservations or enthusiasm that a voter might have for his government, we are all bound as citizens to observe that the news that President Goodluck Jonathan …