Nigeria Matters

In the grammar of Nigerian politics, things are easier said than done. The declaration by this administration that it proposes to transform Nigeria tacitly implies that past Nigerian governments had …

Recently, Governor Theodore Ahamefule Orji of Abia State, while inducting 18 commissioners that will help him man the affairs of the state, charged them to submit their blueprint within 14 …

Reading Mr Campbell’s essay, you can’t help but sympathise with Mr. Segun Aganga, Nigeria’s new Minister of Trade and Investment as his job has just been made much more challenging …

We started down this ignoble, cowardly course by negotiating with the criminals that hijacked the legitimate cause of the Niger-Delta people by blowing up oil infrastructure, blackmailing, kidnapping, raping, maiming, …

One knows that Amaechi was telling his rather ugly tales to prove a point that his early life was not rosy and cozy and that today his life has changed …

I wonder how long we are going to continue this disunity. Many lives are lost as a result of our inability to become united as one people, yet we still …

Until a fatal combination of cirrhosis of the liver and excess Viagra did the lunatic Abacha in, between November 1993 and June 1998 everyone knew their place in Nigeria.  All …

The dawn of transmuted politics in Nigeria has encouraged strange dimensions of conflict:  violence and ethnic tension stage-managed by the Boko Haram sect…

We live in an age of science and technology. Nigeria can be powerful and advanced, only if it will become scientifically advanced and technically well-developed…

Let it be said that Abuja overpowering witchcraft has a bewitching power to trim and tone up the firestorm and libertarian courage of Reuben Abati and render him totally useless, …

Keeping in mind that the increasingly well-informed public will only vote for parties that truly defend their interests, we hope that political parties, be they old or brand new, only …

If governance is all about tackling and surmounting daunting challenges on entirely sacrificial note with huge results, you will need the likes of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and David Ben-Gurion. …

Princewill’s decision and love for the state riled the leadership of AC at the national level by his insistence that his decision was hinged on the need to bring change …

The government should always reach an understanding and operational guidelines with the people in all its endeavours instead of operating largely without recourse to set rules…

Why should a political leader appoint somebody who never campaigned for him or showed any interest in politics? Is it just enough to have distinguished oneself in one’s chosen field …

In a country where the average citizen accepts, as a matter of course, that even the best performing politicians cannot be totally free of corruption, Buhari stood out as a …