Nigeria Matters

We are not all guilty of thinking and surrendering to the idea that things cannot change for the better in Nigeria. Whilst a lot more can be done to improve …

Never before in the history of the country has a general election generated such feverish excitement among Nigerians – at home and in the diaspora – like the 2011 April …

Many of us had thought that the violent 2003 and 2007 elections would buildup to the 2011 elections, but the latter was rather peaceful, although not in the general sense …

Nigeria has made great strides since it gained independence from the British in 1960. Civil-War torn and ravaged by inter-ethnic prejudice, it has been able to transform itself into a …

The Hon. Patrick Obahiagbon, one of the nation’s most colourful and cerebral legislators in the Federal House of Representatives will not be returning to it as a member when it …

Ovie Omo-Agege has always been a veritable pawn in the hands of Ibori and subsequently received choice appointments under the latter…

Today, what battles and baffles me is the unflinching love Professor Tam David-West has shown me for just that article on Amaechi, even though I have written many articles buttressing …

We praise Prof Attahiru Jega and his INEC team for the measures that have been put in place, such that brought about the credibility of the parliamentary election held last …

Having sojourned in Europe for almost 10 years, I now have hopes that I may probably have a country to which I can return. It is glaring that my countrymen …

We as a people have had it long and tough. A decision must be made now:  Decision to take our country back from the hands of its slaughterers; fight a …

At fifty years of independence, it is now time to change the way we think and feel for the better. It is now time for us to respond, unite and …

It is very sad that Nigeria has celebrated her 50th Independence, yet there is little to show for our progress…

With the Okar coup Ogboru’s name was allegedly mentioned. And the dictatorial military government then swung into sundry actions and virtually all that Ogboru had was made to pass through …

Shifting the national Assembly poll from 2nd until 9th April 2011, is not Nigeria’s problem, but the outcome of these elections remain crucial to the Nigerian people…

Jega has been given everything he needs to give Nigerians a credible election. Never in the history of Nigeria’s democracy has a man who came with so much popular acclaim …

In a normal country, anybody making decisions that will affect others will tend to consult them before deciding or at least give them ample notice to adapt after deciding. Nothing …