Nigeria Matters

The call by the Central Bank to keep some of our foreign reserve in Chinese currency is a wise decision not necessarily because of the fear of the weakening dollar …

Road construction always signifies the giant steps of any government, especially in this part of the world where the leaders use the tax payers’ money to build infrastructures and wear …

In the past few weeks, Nigeria has been hit by more than a few disastrous events, some of which are traceable to nature whilst others are simply and clearly man …

The war against terror is one that all Nigerians of good will should enlist to fight, but without strong leadership from Mr. Jonathan, the effort will come to naught…

As a cultured professional who is in the know, one thinks it will be somewhat hard for anyone to fault the Vice-President on painting the real picture of how many …

Please, commend Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State and the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, NGF, for showing concern for the polio victims all over the country and bringing up the issue …

The common ‘House of Commons’ located beside the just-infested site of an aged auto-mechanic recently hosted a troop of old-time patrons in Ohafia of Abia State…

With this recent attack on the United Nations building, one may attempt to say apparently, it has to be the last. The hitherto peaceful international waters have been troubled and …

I love Allah, he is a merciful God. I know you love Allah too, he is a God of peace. Allah will not ask you to go and destroy innocent …

Needless to say that we’ve had enough of this political naivety emanating from Aso Rock mixed with gargantua sized ineptitude masquerading as leadership. It seems that President Jonathan’s problem is …

The president as high representative of the people must begin to adopt a posture of power and authority and project an image of strength and confidence to inspire the people. …

And to the extent that the Ogoni story is still today kept on the backburner by the three warring giant elephants is enough proof that interests of ethnic minorities in …

Ibadan holds the key to fostering democracy in Nigeria and Africa. If Africans can set standards for their leaders, there wouldn’t be presidents ruling from sickbeds…

This is my rejoinder to Odimegwu Onwumere’s article with the title “Rivers without Water”. N250 billion for water project in the state sounds like a lot of money, like he …

Some Nigerian politicians who were at the helm of power between 1958-1966 served meritoriously. Others were dishonourable, capricious, corrupt and unconscionable…

Irrespective of the claims of the ruling party, it is clear sour grapes on the democratization of Nigeria following their 2007 rape of our democracy is really the root cause …