Nigeria Matters

With a pledge to be a servant-leader to the people of Bayelsa State, Mr. Timi Alaibe, the governorship candidate of the Labour Party in the state, recently flagged off his …

It is the insatiable greed and lust for power that is mostly behind our intractable penchant for corruption. We have come to use our Tribal and Political differences only as …

Since the political and constitutional upheaval in Tunisia, followed by Egypt and now Libya, Jordan, Bahrain, Yemen and so on, some Nigerians have publicly commented that Nigerians can only dream …

A base philosophy of life is an important driver. What we have now is that which says, ‘steal before others get to it, cheat before you get cheated and that …

I am not a psychiatrist or psychologist, but I will be quick to tell you that there is nothing peculiarly pathological about the antisocial behaviors which are now common in …

The powers that be easily polarize Nigerians exactly because we allow them; they beat the drumbeats of tribe like Atiku and IBB when it is most convenient for them, like …

Ask many a Nigerian what it would take to turn her country around, and you’re likely to get this answer: “Only God can solve the problems of this country.” The …

Facial expression reveals that Dr. Goodluck Jonathan’s regime is in the right direction. Despite balance of the ethno-presidency system, the Nigerian people have accepted gradual economic changes observed ever since …

This world is such a terrible place. Sometimes your friend’s laugh could mean your undoing; your father’s pity could mean your death, and so on. Envy abounds both in high …

Unrepentantly, Ibadan indigenes still mourn with curious nostalgia the inner valour and natural rascality of Chief Lamidi Adedibu. But, the fire, this time, if it ever burns in Ibadan, will …

What is Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) up to? Why allow itself to be hijacked, and lately so? Is this to give Atiku Abubarkar some relevance after his atrocious and loutish …

Save for some exceptions here and there, the recently concluded primaries have been far from transparent and democratic. To get the much needed good governance, Nigerians need to pay more …

Governance in Nigeria has been dysfunctional for decades. In my wanderings through life, I have found that most people are troubled by the current state of politics in Nigeria, but …

How can you say they are not performing, when heavy duty trucks come in to cart away the broken tar to sand-fill some godfather plots in Lekki? You should see …

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan clearly went out-of-line with his utterances. While his camp might do damage control by claiming that he was quoted out of context, had a slip of …

In Nigeria, history has consistently shown that the people who cast the votes decide nothing; it is those who count, that is, rig, the votes that decide everything. This is …