Nigeria Matters

A society that finds itself losing grip or veering off the course of basic leadership responsibility has a superior responsibility to redirect its course which in many cases would mean …

What does security mean in relation to life as we know it today in Nigeria? For the most part, it means safety and freedom from worry. It is said to …

The idea of power shift to the younger generation has moved up the agenda of political discussion since former military President Ibrahim Babangida, 69, allegedly claimed that Nigerian youths are …

On Sunday, August 15, at the Otedola Millennium Estate end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, no fewer than 40 people lost their lives and about 25 vehicles were damaged in an …

Leadership is a demonstrative ability. Good leaders always display sincerity, credibility, integrity, intelligence and competence in all their actions. They make timely and appropriate changes in thinking…

Many people have accused state governments of hijacking the funds meant for the councils, a charge which has been denied by state governments . But, if the states are to …

All of us can not continue to pacify ourselves by taking solace in belonging to a wasted generation. Rather, those political thieves, and corrupt leaders should be apprehended  and held …

Some of us have seen the mountaintop, but how many of our brothers and sisters have? Some have faintly glimpsed the future through dreams and euphoric indulgence, but this has …

The anticipated presidential candidacy of Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has become a big business trapped in high wire politics and intrigues…

Nigerians seem to always allow outsiders to define Nigerians and Nigeria and what is important to Nigerians and Nigeria. We seem to be so intellectually objective in the most academic …

There are speculations going about, and it is synonymous with the current political tides. In Nigeria, election periods go with the rebuttal of certain heinous activities and one cannot predict …

Unlike Anambra State, Imo State has had little problem of hijacked state apparatus by immoral godfathers or their lackeys and the citizenry boasts of majority of enlightened electorate who hold …

Each time our legislators dominate national discourse, it is unlikely to be for their law making prowess or compassion for their hapless constituents who wallow in poverty from one end …

Will Nigerians and Nigeria sleep-walk to the precipice and fall of the cliff? Or, will there be an electioneering campaign with ideological stances by the plethora of political parties and …

Is poverty the only thing we appear to have accepted as inevitable component of life in this part of the world? What about crime? How come crime appears to have …

IBB is dogged by many irksome riddles: the murder of the late journalist, Dele Giwa, who was assassinated via a parcel bomb in 1986; the baffling case of $12.46b Gulf …