Nigeria Matters

Many prophets, God chosen and self acclaimed, have at different times prophesied that Nigeria would disintegrate into at least three countries. They reiterated that the three countries will be named …

I come before you as an angry patriot seriously disturbed by the way and manner our great nation is being run down by the mediocre ‘leaders’ since our flag independence…

The Niger Delta has known more deaths than any other part of Africa by the hands of exploitative leaders and the furious force of nature or environment despoliation occasioned again …

No other issue seems central to the state we find ourselves in this country than corruption. Corruption is not the exclusive preserve of our leaders but also the followers. The …

For the third time in recent times, I have read the INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega warn us not to expect perfect elections in 2011. From all possible indices, that …

Nigerians may not easily comprehend the theatre of absurdity that has been Delta State these past eleven years…

What has so far surprised me is not that Nigerians did not know most of what has happened and is happening as released by Wikkileaks. Shocking is the level of …

It is alleged that two of the presidential candidates within the fold of the PDP have collected money from one of the leaders of the Maghreb Arab nations. The leader …

Democracy has been bastardised in Nigeria to the extent that ‘Mr and Mrs Corruption’ now win most of the elections from the highest to the lowest levels of governance. What …

I had a silly dream last night; yeah, that kind of dream. I had a dream which in the naturally befuddling Nigerian environment is nothing short of a dream…

Okay, let me make it clearer. Every human being is like a drug addict; no matter how hard he tries…

Ibori was an avowed disciple of Abacha. He was one of the Abacha boys in that dark age of our national life. That has been said already. But we make …

Ibori was an avowed disciple of Abacha. He was one of the Abacha boys in that dark age of our national life. That has been said already. But we make …

Governance in Nigeria may not represent an enthralling story, but not journalism. Acts of the Executive, Legislature, and Judiciary at all levels may be nauseating, not so with the fourth …

The candidates who have so far declared their intention to contest the presidency in next year’s presidential election include two retired Generals, who ruled the country for nearly a decade …

With the reversals by the courts of some gubernatorial electoral ‘victories’ of the PDP in the South West the focus in the media and the internet chatter fora has now …