Nigeria Matters

It is perhaps right to state that the last has not been heard about your unceremonious marriage to a minor and the consequent barrage of public criticism it generated. June …

The promise by President Goodluck Jonathan to set up Special Courts for Electoral Offences is laudable, although I do not know the form the special courts will take. It is …

Leadership is an issue that affects all of humanity. But, visionary and true leaders are hard to find. We are each called upon to be custodians of what is right …

Rather than create more states, the National Assembly should in fact find a way of consolidating the current 36 states into no more than six states to reduce the size …

Revisionists are everywhere. For the most part they are attempting to rework history by allowing their prejudices, illiteracy, and preconceived notions to cloud their reasoning. These critics have become masters …

To be hated and to be loved is one of the ironies of being a Nigerian. If you are a resident of the United States, and you observe your immediate …

The attraction to politics should not be inspired by the pay because in ideal situations, politicians are people who are already established in one call of life and would need …

 In order to accomplish its development pogrammes and make its citizens live much better, a country needs different resources: human, mineral, intellectual, land, water, financial, etc. Obviously, all things being …

 In order to accomplish its development pogrammes and make its citizens live much better, a country needs different resources: human, mineral, intellectual, land, water, financial, etc. Obviously, all things being …

Understandably and regrettably, most politicians are not lawyers. As a result, they are not always sure of their political rights. They often rely on opinion leaders and views expressed in …

President Jonathan Ebere Good Luck is not at the moment great. However, he has every opportunity to write his names with gold. On the surface, he is a lucky man …

Nigeria needs to re-think the fight against corruption, and a general amnesty programme could offer the needed break with the unproductive, selective justice and vendetta-driven strategies of the past…

Nigeria’s House of Representatives recently attempted  another of its legislative misadventure, when it sought to decree into existence a two party system for the country through a legislative fiat…

Nigeria’s political system in general is largely driven by one or two or three motives of 5Ps – profit, politics, propaganda, privilege and power. Service to society is only a …

For those who ever had doubts, Goodluck Jonathan is emerging as just another occupant of the office of president, one with little or no clue that his job is not …

Much has been written about the domination of the country’s politics by the North but without concomitant attention paid to how this is facilitated by their perception as people who …